Fulminant mucormycosis after a traffic accident: a case report
| Autor: | Aleksander Deptuła, Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska, Małgorzata Prażyńska, Alicja Sekowska, Magdalena Twarużek, Ewelina Soszczyńska, Ewa Zastempowska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Antifungal Agents Fulminant medicine.medical_treatment Microbiology Amputation Surgical 03 medical and health sciences Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests Amphotericin B medicine Humans Mucormycosis Etest 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences biology 030306 microbiology Traffic accident business.industry Accidents Traffic General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Treatment Outcome Lower Extremity Amputation Mucor Mucor circinelloides Fungal strain business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Folia Microbiologica. 64:429-433 |
| ISSN: | 1874-9356 0015-5632 |
| Popis: | Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection in immunocompetent patients, whereas in immunocompromised, it may be systemic and disseminated infection associated with high mortality. Mucormycosis is one of the most rapidly progressing and fulminant forms of fungal infections; Mucor circinelloides is rarely isolated species, also from immunocompromised patients. The reported case of mucormycosis after a traffic accident indicates that it may be the result of a contamination of wound by M. circinelloides coming from the environment. The fungal strain was identified by phenotypic methods and confirmed by molecular methods. Etest method was used for susceptibility testing of the fungal strain. No mycotoxins were detected in the analyzed sample. The infection was successfully treated with amphotericin B, but amputation of the lower limb was necessary. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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