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Post-Traumatic Course Complicated by Cutaneous Infection with Absidia corymbifera

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 Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare but serious infection in trauma patients. Reported here is the case of a young patient with cutaneous mucormycosis due to Absidia corymbifera probably caused by a soil-contaminated wound. Despite daily surgical debridement and amphotericin B therapy, cure could be achieved only by amputation of the lower limb.

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  1. Service de Réanimation Chirurgicale, CHR-U Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, F-35000 Rennes, France e-mail: yMalledant.rennes@in vivo.edu, , , , , , FR

    P. Seguin, H. Musellec, V. Le Bouquin & Y. Malledant

  2. Laboratoire d'Anatomie-Pathologique, CHR-U Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, F-35000 Rennes, France, , , , , , FR

    F. Le Gall

  3. Laboratoire de Mycologie et de Parasitologie, CHR-U Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, F-35000 Rennes, France, , , , , , FR

    S. Chevrier

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Seguin, P., Musellec, H., Le Gall, F. et al. Post-Traumatic Course Complicated by Cutaneous Infection with Absidia corymbifera . EJCMID 18, 737–739 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050389

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