TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous zygomycosis
AU - Visser, Douwe H.
AU - van den Berg, Yvette L. F.
AU - van Furth, A. Marceline
AU - Oomen, Matthijs W.
AU - Schouten-van Meeteren, Antoinette Y. N.
AU - Pajkrt, Dasja
AU - van den Bos, Cor
AU - van Well, Gijs Th. J.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Cutaneous zygomycosis is a rare but severe fungal infection with high risk of dissemination. Early recognition, deep surgical biopsy for diagnosis, aggressive treatment with repeated surgical debridement, and targeted pharmacotherapy are essential and can prevent dissemination and fatal outcome. We present case reports of 2 patients
AB - Cutaneous zygomycosis is a rare but severe fungal infection with high risk of dissemination. Early recognition, deep surgical biopsy for diagnosis, aggressive treatment with repeated surgical debridement, and targeted pharmacotherapy are essential and can prevent dissemination and fatal outcome. We present case reports of 2 patients
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e318l462a4b
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e318l462a4b
M3 - Article
C2 - 18043463
SN - 0891-3668
VL - 26
SP - 1165
EP - 1166
JO - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
JF - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
IS - 12
ER -