CUTANEOUS ZYGOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY ABSIDIA-CORYMBIFERA IN A LEUKEMIC PATIENT

Authors
LOPES JO PEREIRA DV STREHER LA FENALTE AA ALVES SH BENEVENGA JP
Citation
Jo. Lopes et al., CUTANEOUS ZYGOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY ABSIDIA-CORYMBIFERA IN A LEUKEMIC PATIENT, Mycopathologia, 130(2), 1995, pp. 89-92
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology,Pathology
Journal title
Mycopathologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301486X
Volume
130
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
89 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1995)130:2<89:CZCBAI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A case of cutaneous zygomycosis caused by Absidia corymbifera in a leu kemic patient submitted to chemotherapy is reported. The lesion was lo cated on the little finger of the right hand and probably resulted fro m a latent osteomyelitis. It progressed to form extensive necrotic are a. No systemic infection was detected and the lesion did not appear to be associated with any trauma.