Subcutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Nigerian Child

Edirin Omorigho YUSUF; Alphonsus Ndidi ONYIRIUKA

Makale detayları

Subcutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Nigerian Child

Yazarlar:

Edirin Omorigho YUSUF | Alphonsus Ndidi ONYIRIUKA

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 Vol.39 Issue 2, pp.309-311

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2009

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000755549

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 

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.

 

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.

Makale detayları

Subcutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Nigerian Child

Yazarlar:

Edirin Omorigho YUSUF | Alphonsus Ndidi ONYIRIUKA

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 Vol.39 Issue 2, pp.309-311

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2009

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000755549

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144

Mucormycosis

immunocompetent child

itraconazole monotherapy

Sayı

Makale detayları

Subcutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Nigerian Child

Yazarlar: Edirin Omorigho YUSUF | Alphonsus Ndidi ONYIRIUKA

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 Vol.39 Issue 2, pp.309-311

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2009

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000755549

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-6165

pISSN: 1300-0144

Mucormycosis

immunocompetent child

itraconazole monotherapy

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Edirin Omorigho YUSUF | Alphonsus Ndidi ONYIRIUKA

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 Vol.39 Issue 2, pp.309-311

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2009

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000755549

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6165

pISSN:

1300-0144