Primary cutaneous mucormycosis produced by the new species Apophysomyces mexicanus.

ABSTRACT: A case of fungal necrotizing fasciitis that appeared in an immunocompetent Mexican woman after a car accident is described. The patient did not respond to antifungal treatment and died 4 days later. The fungus was molecularly identified as a new species of Apophysomyces, namely, Apophysomyces mexicanus.

SUBMITTER: Bonifaz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313335 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature