Inguinal abscess caused by Rhizopus rhizopodiformis: successful treatment with surgery and amphotericin B
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 18 (6) , 1384-1387
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.18.6.1384-1387.1983
Abstract
R. rhizopodiformis has seldom been isolated from human mucormycosis. The 1st s.c. abscess to be caused by this fungus is reported. It occurred in a diabetic man and presented as an inguinal mass, suggestive of a hernia, superficial to his cadaveric renal transplant. The fungus was readily isolated from pus inoculated onto blood and chocolate agars after a short incubation. The patient was cured by surgical drainage and treatment with 2.0 g of i.v. amphotericin B. Complete identification of such isolates is recommended.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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