Open AccessDevastating posttraumatic primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a diabetic patient
Author(s) -
P. Kumarasamy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.182605
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , medicine , diabetic ketoacidosis , rhizopus oryzae , diabetes mellitus , zygomycosis , mucorales , road traffic accident , dermatology , surgery , intensive care medicine , road traffic , antifungal , chemistry , food science , amphotericin b , fermentation , endocrinology , transport engineering , engineering
Mucorales are saprophytic fungi causing mucormycosis, which is a life threatening infection manifested as rhinocerebral, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cutaneous, and disseminated forms. The cutaneous form is further divided into primary and secondary forms. The major risk factors include uncontrolled diabetes mellitus with or without ketoacidosis, other forms of metabolic acidosis, and trauma. We report here a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae, in a diabetic after a road traffic accident