title: Post-traumatic course complicated by cutaneous infection with Absidia corymbifera.
abstract: Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare but serious infection in trauma patients. Reported here is the case of a young patient with cutaneous mucormycosis due to Absidia corymbifera probably caused by a soil-contaminated wound. Despite daily surgical debridement and amphotericin B therapy, cure could be achieved only by amputation of the lower limb.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale, CHR-U Pontchaillou, Rennes, France. yMalledant.rennes@in vivo.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seguin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Musellec
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Gall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chevrier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Le Bouquin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Malledant
mesh_terms: D020095:Absidia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*