Cutaneous Mucormycosis Complicating a Polymicrobial Wound Infection Following a Dog Bite

Dalila Zachary; Kimberly Chapin; Linda Binns; Karen Tashima

doi:10.1155/2011/348046

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2011)

Cutaneous Mucormycosis Complicating a Polymicrobial Wound Infection Following a Dog Bite

Dalila Zachary,
Kimberly Chapin,
Linda Binns,
Karen Tashima

Affiliations

Dalila Zachary: Warren Alpert Brown University School of Medicine, 1125 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Kimberly Chapin: Warren Alpert Brown University School of Medicine, 593 Eddy Street APC 12, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Linda Binns: Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street APC 12, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Karen Tashima: Warren Alpert Brown University School of Medicine, 1125 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02906, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/348046
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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We report a case of cutaneous mucormycosis and Enterobacter infection developing in a 50-year-old diabetic woman following a dog bite that showed delayed development and diagnosis in comparison with typical zygomycotic cutaneous lesions.

Published in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 2090-6625 (Print); 2090-6633 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4806

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