title: Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Cooter
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Leitch
mesh_terms: 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