Bonifaz Alexandro, Stchigel Alberto M, Guarro Josep, Guevara Esther, Pintos Liliana, Sanchis Marta, Cano-Lira José F
Department of Mycology, General Hospital of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec;52(12):4428-31. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02138-14. Epub 2014 Oct 8.
A case of fungal necrotizing fasciitis that appeared in an immunocompetent Mexican woman after a car accident is described. The patient did not respond to antifungal treatment and died 4 days later. The fungus was molecularly identified as a new species of Apophysomyces, namely, Apophysomyces mexicanus.
描述了一例发生在一名免疫功能正常的墨西哥女性车祸后的真菌性坏死性筋膜炎病例。患者对抗真菌治疗无反应,4天后死亡。该真菌经分子鉴定为犁头霉属的一个新物种,即墨西哥犁头霉。