Primary cutaneous mucormycosis. A case report
Buttaro, F.M.; Peppoloni, L.; Moroni, A.; Cristallini, E.G.
Pathologica 90(5): 451-454
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-2983 PMID: 9923121 Document Number: 486312
One case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis developed in the hospital environment is reported. Dressings contaminated by hyphae may have been the cause. In diabetic or immunodepressed patients this disease may be fatal. Incisional biopsy is the only diagnostic tool.
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