Mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus var. microsporus: cellulitis in the leg of a diabetic patient cured by amputation.

Mucormycosis accompanied the development of bacterial infection in the leg of a diabetic African-American man. Local injury, diabetic ketoacidosis, renal insufficiency, and antimicrobial therapy were factors that contributed to the pathogenesis of the mucormycosis. The cellulitis was caused in part...

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Main Authors: West, B C, Oberle, A D, Kwon-Chung, K J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1995
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC228705/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8586734
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