Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans
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Burn wound zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans.
A case of zygomycosis caused by Apophysomyces elegans in a patient having 25% full-thickness burns is described. Amputation of the leg was necessary to control rapid tissue invasion. The fungus was isolated from soil in the burn environment.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.28.9.2151-2153.1990