Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans.
AUTOR(ES)
Cooter, R D
RESUMO
A case of zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a patient having 25% full-thickness burns is described. Amputation of the leg was necessary to control rapid tissue invasion. The fungus was isolated from soil in the burn environment.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=268128Documentos Relacionados
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