ZYGOMYCOSIS DUE TO MUCOR-CIRCINELLOIDES IN A NEUTROPENIC PATIENT RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA

Mucor circinelloides form circinelloides has rarely been associated wi th human disease, even in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of cutaneous zygomycosis caused by M. circinelloides in a 23-year-old neutropenic woman receiving consolidation chemotherapy for acute myel ogenous leukemia. The organism was exquisitely susceptible to amphoter icin B. Despite the fact that the patient was profoundly neutropenic f or an additional 3 weeks, the lesions began to resolve during therapy, and no surgical debridement was required.