Successful treatment of a patient with cutaneous co-infection caused by Mucor irregularis and Klebsiella pneumoniae

Siping Zhang; Kunju Zhu; Chi Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.abd.2020.03.004

Successful treatment of a patient with cutaneous co-infection caused by Mucor irregularis and Klebsiella pneumoniae

An Bras Dermatol. 2020 Sep-Oct;95(5):623-626. doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2020.03.004. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

Authors

Siping Zhang¹, Kunju Zhu², Chi Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, First Affiliated Hospital, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
² Department Institute of Clinical Medicine Research, First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
³ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, First Affiliated Hospital, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China. Electronic address: zcwill@163.com.

Abstract

The authors report a rare case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis and cutaneous Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in a 67-year-old Chinese woman. After the administration of liposomal amphotericin B combined with cefoperazone/sulbactam sodium, the patient recovered. Invasive fungal infection combined with cutaneous bacterial infection should receive attention.

Keywords: Amphotericin B; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Mucormycosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Coinfection* / drug therapy
Female
Humans
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Mucor
Mucormycosis* / complications
Mucormycosis* / drug therapy
Skin

Substances

Antifungal Agents