Baradkar V P, Kumar S
Department of Microbiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai - 400 002, India.
Indian J Dermatol. 2009;54(4):382-4. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.57621.
Saksenaea vasiformis is an emerging zygomycete species, most often associated with cutaneous, subcutaneous and rhino- orbito-cerebral infections. Herein, we report a case of cutaneous zygomycosis of face caused by Saksenaea vasiformis in a 54-year-old immunocompetent female. The diagnosis was carried out by microscopy using KOH mount, Gram staining, Gomori's methenamine silver staining, hemotoxylin and eosin staining and culture on Sabouraud's Dextrose agar without actidione. Slide cultures were put up on Czapek Dox agar, which showed typical flask-shaped sporangium with rhizoids. The patient was treated successfully with intravenous amphotericin B.
瓦氏瓶霉是一种新出现的接合菌，最常与皮肤、皮下及鼻眶脑感染相关。在此，我们报告一例54岁免疫功能正常女性由瓦氏瓶霉引起的面部皮肤接合菌病病例。通过氢氧化钾涂片镜检、革兰染色、Gomori六胺银染色、苏木精和伊红染色以及在不含放线菌酮的沙氏葡萄糖琼脂上培养进行诊断。在察氏琼脂上进行玻片培养，显示出典型的带有假根的烧瓶状孢子囊。患者接受静脉注射两性霉素B治疗成功。
