Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans

J Clin Microbiol. 1990 Sep;28(9):2151-3. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.9.2151-2153.1990.

Abstract

A case of zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a patient having 25% full-thickness burns is described. Amputation of the leg was necessary to control rapid tissue invasion. The fungus was isolated from soil in the burn environment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Burns / complications*
  • Humans
  • Leg
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucorales / isolation & purification
  • Mucormycosis / etiology*
  • Mucormycosis / microbiology
  • Mucormycosis / surgery
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Wound Infection / etiology*
  • Wound Infection / microbiology
  • Wound Infection / surgery