Invasive burn wound infection due to Curvularia species.
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.
Still
J M
JM
Humana Hospital, Burn Center, Georgia.
Law
E J
EJ
Pereira
G I
GI
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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
D000666:Amphotericin B