Primary cutaneous mucormycosis caused by   M ucor irregularis | Zendy

Xia X. J. | Zendy; Shen H. | Zendy; Liu Z. H. | Zendy

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Primary cutaneous mucormycosis caused by M ucor irregularis

Author(s) -

Xia X. J.,

Shen H.,

Liu Z. H.

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

clinical and experimental dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587

H-Index - 78

eISSN - 1365-2230

pISSN - 0307-6938

DOI - 10.1111/ced.12642

Subject(s) - mucormycosis , mucor , itraconazole , mucor circinelloides , dermatology , medicine , fungus , hypha , biology , pathology , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , aspergillus

Summary We describe a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a 44‐year‐old man with an 18‐month history of infiltrative erythematous plaques and haemorrhagic crusting on the dorsum of his left hand. The isolate was identified as M ucor irregularis (formerly R hizomucor variabilis ) based on the fungus morphology and DNA sequencing results. Improvement was observed after a 6‐month treatment course of itraconazole. No recrudescence was seen during a follow‐up of 23 months after treatment.

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