title: Invasive cutaneous infection caused by Apophysomyces elegans associated with a spider bite.
abstract: Cutaneous infections by Zygomycetes may have underestimated clinical consequences. Apophysomyces elegans is a Zygomycete that rarely causes disease in humans. However, it has been reported with increasing frequency in warm climate zones as a result of infection in healthy patients after injury to the cutaneous barrier. The following case report describes a 30-year-old woman with deep tissue involvement of A. elegans associated with a spider bite and a fatal outcome.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saravia-Flores
authors.forename: Dennya M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Guaran
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Argueta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001098:Spider Bites / Q000150:complications*