Cellulitis Caused by Rhizomucor pusillus in a Diabetic Patient Receiving Continuous Insulin Infusion Pump Therapy
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 82 (11) , 1432-1434
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198911000-00024
Abstract
We have reported a case of primary cutaneous zygomycosis in a diabetic patient receiving continuous insulin infusion pump therapy. We believe this to be the first reported case of a fungal infection associated with the use of an insulin pump. The infection itself was an unusually mild and chronic zygomycosis, possibly due to a low production rate of proteolytic enzymes by a rare opportunistic human pathogen, Rhizomucor pusillus.Keywords
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