A Case of Cutaneous Mucormycosis Mimicking Sporotrichosis.
- Author:
Jung Hoon YANG
1
;
Sung Keun KIM
;
Sung Yul LEE
;
Jong Suk LEE
;
Young Lip PARK
;
Kyu Uang WHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. dermsung@schca.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cutaneous mucormycosis;
Sporotrichosis
- MeSH:
Bacteria;
Female;
Fungi;
Humans;
Hydrazines;
Mucormycosis;
Phenotype;
Skin;
Sporotrichosis;
Viruses
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2010;48(5):449-452
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Mucormycosis is a rare invasive fungal infection that chiefly occurs in immunocompromized patients and the outcome is generally fatal. Primary cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare phenotype of mucormycosis, and it usually follows direct inoculation of fungi on damaged skin. Many cutaneous infections mimic sprotrichosis, including virus, bacteria, acid-fast bacilli, fungi and protozoa, yet mucormycosis is very rare. We report on a case of cutaneous mucormycosis that mimicked sporotrichosis in a 77 years old woman.
