Early Diagnosis of Cutaneous Mucormycosis Due to Lichtheimia corymbifera After a Traffic Accident

0455561 - MBÚ 2020 NL eng J - Journal Article
Tyll, T. - Lysková, P. - Hubka, Vít - Muller, M. - Zelenka, L. - Čurdová, M. - Tučková, I. - Kolařík, Miroslav - Hamal, P.
Early Diagnosis of Cutaneous Mucormycosis Due to Lichtheimia corymbifera After a Traffic Accident.
Mycopathologia. Roč. 184, 1-2 (2016), s. 119-124. ISSN 0301-486X. E-ISSN 1573-0832
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) ED1.1.00/02.0109
Institutional support: RVO:61388971
Keywords : Cutaneous mucormycosis * Mycological diagnosis * Amphotericin B
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 1.710, year: 2016
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11046-015-9943-9

A case report of cutaneous mucormycosis and obstacles to early diagnosis is presented. A 38-year-old male was involved in a car accident that led to amputation of both lower limbs. Subsequently, he developed fungal wound infection of the left lower limb stump. The infection was detected very early, although the diagnosis was difficult because only a small area was affected and histopathological examination was initially negative. The infection was proven by microscopy, culture and histopathology. The isolate was identified by sequencing of the rDNA ITS region gene (internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA) as Lichtheimia corymbifera. Liposomal amphotericin B and surgery were successful in management of the disease.
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