Acta Mycologica (Aug 2014)

Rhizopus cohnii as the cause of skin mucormycosis

  • B. Podsiadło,
  • H. Halweg,
  • G. Ortonowski,
  • P. Krakówka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5586/am.1988.009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 119 – 123

Abstract

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The authors report the case of the mucormycosis of the skin. The diagnosis was made on the presence of Mucoraceae hyphe in the through examination, histology and the positive culture of the material taken from the ulcerations of patients skin. The isolated fungus was identified as Rhizopus cohnii.