Primary cutaneous Rhizopus folliculitis in an immunocompetent woman
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MCM: mucormycosis PAS: periodic acideSchiff INTRODUCTION Mucormycosis (MCM) is a fungal infection from members of the Mucorales order of fungi found almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients. The number of these infections seems to be increasing, presumably paralleling the increasing numbers of people with diminished immune surveillance. Primary cutaneous MCM in healthy patients is rare and, to our knowledge, the histologic presence of folliculitis has not been reported.
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