Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident
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Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident.
A 32-year-old immunocompetent man sustained severe traumas contaminated with organic material due to a car accident. An infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa at the site of contamination was early diagnosed and cured by multiple surgical debridement and daily cleansing with antiseptic solution only.
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Mycology Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2211-7539
DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.001