Abstract
We present a case of systemic fungal infection caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a 50-year-old patient who developed a progressive skin lesion after a motor vehicle crash. Histopathological and mycological examination of the surgical sample showed non-septated hyphae characteristic of mucoraceous fungi. Despite extensive surgical debridement, and parenteral administration of amphotericin B, the patient died of multi-organ failure. Autopsy findings suggested systemic involvement. The fungi recovered from culture had non-apophyseal and globose sporangi, and branched sporaniophores and was identified as Apophyso-myces elegans.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 283-289 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Surgical Infections |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases