Slowly progressive cutaneous, rhinofacial, and pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis in an immunocompetent woman.

Abstract

We herein report a case of slowly progressive cutaneous, rhinofacial, and pulmonary mucormycosis caused by Mucor irregularis in an immunocompetent woman who was successfully managed by combined surgical debridement and antifungal therapy. Slow progression, pulmonary involvement, occurrence in an immunocompetent patient, and good prognosis are unusual features of our case.

• Authors: Zhi-Kuan Xia, Wen-Ling Wang, Rong-Ya Yang
• Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 56 Issue 7 Pg. 993-5 (Apr 2013) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23243187 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• DNA, Fungal

Topics

• Adult
• Antifungal Agents (administration & dosage)
• DNA, Fungal (chemistry, genetics)
• Debridement
• Facial Dermatoses (complications, drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Lung Diseases, Fungal (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mucor (isolation & purification)
• Mucormycosis (diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
• Nose Diseases (complications, drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
• Sequence Analysis, DNA
• Treatment Outcome