Korean J Dermatol.
2010 May;48(5):449-452.
A Case of Cutaneous Mucormycosis Mimicking Sporotrichosis
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. dermsung@schca.ac.kr
Abstract
- Mucormycosis is a rare invasive fungal infection that chiefly occurs in immunocompromized patients and the outcome is generally fatal. Primary cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare phenotype of mucormycosis, and it usually follows direct inoculation of fungi on damaged skin. Many cutaneous infections mimic sprotrichosis, including virus, bacteria, acid-fast bacilli, fungi and protozoa, yet mucormycosis is very rare. We report on a case of cutaneous mucormycosis that mimicked sporotrichosis in a 77 years old woman.
