INVASIVE CUTANEOUS MUCORMYCOSIS CAUSED BY ABSIDIA-CORYMBIFERA AFTER ALLOGENEIC BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Mucormycotic infections caused by fungi of the families Rhizopus, Muco r or Absidia are rare and usually associated with diabetes or immunosu ppression, We describe a patient with invasive necrotizing cutaneous m ucormycosis caused by Absidia corymbifera shortly after allogeneic BMT . The infection was successfully treated with surgical debridement and liposomal amphotericin B for 6 weeks. Recognition of these rare infec tions requires a high index of suspicion, These patients should be eva luated with tissue biopsy and cultures and treated without delay.