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Mucormycosis after scorpion sting: case report
Author(s) -
Pourahmad Morteza,
Sepidkar Abdolali,
Farokhnia Mohmmad H.,
Tadayon Seyed M. K.,
Salehi Hassan,
Zabetian Hassan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/myc.12066
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , sting , scorpion , medicine , mucor , fungus , dermatology , surgery , biology , venom , microbiology and biotechnology , aspergillus , ecology , botany , engineering , aerospace engineering
Summary Mucor is a fungus, which give rise to opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. We described a 55‐year‐old immunocompetent woman with cutaneous mucormycosis after scorpion sting. Mucormycosis may happen in patients with intact immunity and is not allocated only to patients with immune deficiency.