Primary Cutaneous Zygomycosis Due to Saksenaea vasiformis and Apophysomyces elegans | Zendy

A. Chakrabarti | Zendy; Parveen Kumar | Zendy; A. A. Padhye | Zendy; L. Chatha | Zendy; Shreya Singh | Zendy; Ashim Das | Zendy; Jai Dev Wig | Zendy; Rashim Kataria | Zendy

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Primary Cutaneous Zygomycosis Due to Saksenaea vasiformis and Apophysomyces elegans

Author(s) -

A. Chakrabarti,

Parveen Kumar,

A. A. Padhye,

L. Chatha,

Shreya Singh,

Ashim Das,

Jai Dev Wig,

Rashim Kataria

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/clind/24.4.580

Subject(s) - zygomycosis , medicine , debridement (dental) , diabetes mellitus , dermatology , surgery , mucormycosis , disease , antifungal , pathology , amphotericin b , endocrinology

We report three cases of primary cutaneous zygomycosis due to either Saksenaea vasiformis (two patients) or Apophysomyces elegans (one patient). Extensive surgical debridement helped two patients recover from their infections. The underlying disease in the one patient who died was diabetes mellitus. We reviewed the literature on primary cutaneous zygomycosis and found that S. vasiformis and A. elegans were the etiologic agents in 16 and 13 earlier cases, respectively.

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