Cutaneous mucormycosis in a heart transplant patient associated with a peripheral catheter.
The first known case of an intravascular catheter-related primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a heart transplant patient is reported. The patient had corticosteroid-induced hyperglycemia and experienced an acute tissue rejection episode. A necrotic lesion appeared around the insertion site of a peripheral venous catheter. A biopsy revealed typical mucorales hyphae. The lesion continued to spread during the following 24 hours and necessitated amputation of the forearm. The organism was identified as a Mucor species.
Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
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Baraia
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Muñoz
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Bernaldo de Quirós
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Bouza
D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology*