Primary Cutaneous Mucormycosis Associated with Trauma.
- Author:
Won Keun SONG
1
;
Hyang Joon PARK
;
You Chan KIM
;
Yong Woo CINN
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Primary cutaneous mucormycosis;
Trauma
- MeSH:
Aged;
Amphotericin B;
Female;
Humans;
Mucormycosis*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2000;38(6):826-827
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis, one of five clinical forms of mucormycosis, in a 68-year-old immunocompetent woman, which developed after trauma. We treated her successfully with amphotericin B for 23 days.