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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 77-80 |
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Necrotizing fasciitis due to Apophysomyces elegans
Lakshmi P Vasantha, Sai K Leela
Department of Microbiology, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Lakshmi P Vasantha
Department of Microbiology, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-1282.144720
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Mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans is an emerging disease not only in immunocompromised hosts but also in the immunocompetent. Here, we report a case of invasive necrotizing fasciitis of left thigh due to Apophysomyces elegans in a diabetic. Below knee amputation of gangrenous right leg was done 20 days before this developed. Broad aseptate hyphae were observed in necrosed tissues. Surgical debridement was done and Amphotericin B was recommended. Isolate recovered in culture was identified as A. elegans based on induction of sporulation on water agar and other modified methods. Patient expired due to sepsis. |
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