Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Abstract
A 13-year-old girl presented with a three-month history of generalized blisters on her body following a traumatic injury to her leg with a piece of wood while farming. The lesions were hemorrhagic, itchy and tender on pressure. The patient was non-diabetic, non-leukemic, non-neutropenic, and not previously on immunosuppressive drugs, nor was there any evidence of immunosuppression. Culture and microscopic examination of scrapings from the skin lesions revealed growth of a Mucor spp. She was initially placed on potassium iodide and responded well for about a month, then relapsed. The patient was successfully treated with itraconazole monotherapy.
DOI
10.3906/sag-0802-41
Keywords
Mucormycosis, immunocompetent child, itraconazole monotherapy
First Page
309
Last Page
311
Recommended Citation
YUSUF, E. O, & ONYIRIUKA, A. N (2009). Subcutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Nigerian Child. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 39 (2): 309-311. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-0802-41
