Primary Cutaneous Mucormycosis: A Necrotising Soft Tissue Infection with Poor Prognosis.
Infect Disord Drug Targets
; 23(6): e040523216523, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Cutaneous mucormycosis is an unusual fungal infection that continues to occur. It needs aggressive surgical debridement and timely administration of antifungals due to its high fatality rate. High clinical suspicion on the part of a surgeon is required to prevent the same. CASE PRESENTATION We present two cases of cutaneous mucormycosis in which the patients succumbed to death, highlighting the seriousness of the condition. One patient had a lower leg ulcer and was diabetic, and the other patient had a gluteal abscess following an intramuscular injection. Tissue samples grew Rhizopus arrhizus and Apophysomyces sp., respectively. Both patients were treated with amphotericin B, and extensive debridement was performed.DISCUSSION:
Cutaneous mucormycosis can be reported in immunocompetent people, and there is a need for early recognition of the entity as a differential diagnosis of any nonhealing necrotic ulcer.CONCLUSION:
Proper training and education of technical and clinical staff should be done at peripheral primary and secondary care centres so as not to miss out on cases of mucormycosis and for better prognosis in a cutaneous variety of mucormycosis in surgical patients.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones de los Tejidos Blandos
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Mucormicosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Infect Disord Drug Targets
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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TERAPIA POR MEDICAMENTOS
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India
Pais de publicación:
AE
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EMIRADOS ÁRABES UNIDOS
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EMIRATOS ARABES UNIDOS
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES