title: Invasive burn wound infection due to Curvularia species.
abstract: A 3-year-old white-skinned female sustained a 44 per cent deep partial and full skin thickness burn due to petrol. She developed an invasive wound infection due to a fungus later identified as Curvularia species, an organism, usually a saprophyte, not previously reported as a cause of invasive burn wound infection. Treatment with surgical excision and Amphotericin B resulted in cure.
authors.affiliation: Humana Hospital, Burn Center, Georgia.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Still
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Singletary
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002056:Burns / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology; D016038:Skin Transplantation
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B