title: Fatal fungal infection: the living dead.
abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon infection mainly caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, which is also known as flesh-eating bacteria. It is often caused by bacteria, but can also be caused and complicated by fungus. We report a case of bacterial necrotizing fasciitis that was complicated by a fatal fungal infection, a rare clinical presentation affecting the upper limbs, head and neck, in a young diabetic female patient. It was an unsuspected case of fungal infection with mucormycosis, which proved to be fatal due to a delay in diagnosis and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, SRMC, Chennai, India shanki_vl87@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Sankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narayanan Ml
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, SRMC, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Narayanan
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, SRMC, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Anupma J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kindo
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, SRMC, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Apurva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: SRMC, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Priya A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Haridas