Prevoo R L, Starink T M, de Haan P
Department of Dermatology, Academic Hospital Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 May;24(5 Pt 2):882-5. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(91)70139-s.
We report an unusual case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis caused by Mucor hiemalis Wehmer that occurred in a healthy young girl after an insect bite. The patient had a slowly extending, indurated, erythematous, and scaling eruption on the right cheek. Histologic examination revealed granulomatous dermatitis and characteristic broad, nonseptate, pale-staining hyphae. This is the first report of an infection in a human being caused by Mucor hiemalis Wehmer. The infection was cured with intravenous amphotericin B.
