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Case Reports
. 1995 Sep;14(9):813-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF01691000.

Cutaneous mucormycosis in a heart transplant patient associated with a peripheral catheter

J Baraia  1 , P Muñoz, J C Bernaldo de Quirós, E Bouza
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Case Reports

Cutaneous mucormycosis in a heart transplant patient associated with a peripheral catheter

J Baraia et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Sep.

Abstract

The first known case of an intravascular catheter-related primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a heart transplant patient is reported. The patient had corticosteroid-induced hyperglycemia and experienced an acute tissue rejection episode. A necrotic lesion appeared around the insertion site of a peripheral venous catheter. A biopsy revealed typical mucorales hyphae. The lesion continued to spread during the following 24 hours and necessitated amputation of the forearm. The organism was identified as a Mucor species.

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