Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans.
A case of zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a patient having 25% full-thickness burns is described. Amputation of the leg was necessary to control rapid tissue invasion. The fungus was isolated from soil in the burn environment.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.
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D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery