Mucormycosis after open fracture injury.
An 18-year-old woman (a former intravenous drug abuser) sustained open tibial plateau and shaft fractures, followed by cellulitis and a wound infection caused by a Rhizopus species, which is a fungus of the class Mucorales. The patient responded to surgical debridement and a prolonged course of amphotericin B. No lymphocyte abnormality or other host immune defect could be demonstrated in this patient.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications*
D000666:Amphotericin B