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Published on: February 10, 2011
First case of subcutaneous zygomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis in India
A A Padhye1, G Koshi, V Anandi
1Division of Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Abstract:
The first case of subcutaneous zygomycotic infection caused by Saksenaea vasiformis in a rice mill worker from India is described. The infection, confined to the man's left foot, showed multiple draining sinuses, inflammation, and intermittent low-grade fever following a crushing injury when a log fell on his foot. Histopathologic examination of two biopsy specimens, taken at 3-wk intervals, revealed the presence of broad, sparsely septate, branched, hyaline hyphae characteristic of a zygomycete. When they were grown on a nutritionally deficient medium, two cultures isolated from the biopsied tissues formed numerous, vase-shaped sporangia typical of S. vasiformis. Necrosis of the affected area led to amputation of the fore part of the foot. A split thickness graft was well accepted, and treatment with potassium iodide, following the graft, cured the infection.
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