Invasive cutaneous infection caused by Apophysomyces elegans associated with a spider bite.
Mycoses
; 53(3): 259-61, 2010 May.
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| ID: mdl-19389070
ABSTRACT
Cutaneous infections by Zygomycetes may have underestimated clinical consequences. Apophysomyces elegans is a Zygomycete that rarely causes disease in humans. However, it has been reported with increasing frequency in warm climate zones as a result of infection in healthy patients after injury to the cutaneous barrier. The following case report describes a 30-year-old woman with deep tissue involvement of A. elegans associated with a spider bite and a fatal outcome.
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Picada de Aranha
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Dermatomicoses
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Mucorales
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Mucormicose
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article