Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
| Autor: | I. S. Lim, David Ellis, I. O. W. Leitch, R. D. Cooter |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Mucorales Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment complex mixtures Amputation Surgical medicine Humans Mucormycosis Mycosis Soil Microbiology Leg Burn wound biology fungi Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Apophysomyces elegans Amputation Wound Infection Zygomycosis Burns Apophysomyces Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical microbiology. 28(9) |
| ISSN: | 0095-1137 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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