title: Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident.
abstract: A 32-year-old immunocompetent man sustained severe traumas contaminated with organic material due to a car accident. An infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa at the site of contamination was early diagnosed and cured by multiple surgical debridement and daily cleansing with antiseptic solution only.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Hippokration General Hospital, 49, Konstantinoupoleos Str., GR-546 42 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bibashi
authors.affiliation: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G Sybren
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: de Hoog
authors.affiliation: 2 Propedeutical Surgical Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, 49, Konstantinoupoleos Str., GR-546 42 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Theodoros E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Pavlidis
authors.affiliation: 2 Propedeutical Surgical Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, 49, Konstantinoupoleos Str., GR-546 42 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Symeonidis
authors.affiliation: 2 Propedeutical Surgical Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, 49, Konstantinoupoleos Str., GR-546 42 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakantamis
authors.affiliation: CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Grit
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walther
keywords: Lichtheimia; Mucorales; Mucormycosis; Trauma; Zygomycetes