Cutaneous Mucormycosis Clinically Mimicking Necrotizing Fasciitis in a Patient Without Active Immunosuppression
Akın Öğünç İnan, Nursel Yıldız Zengin, Anıl Pehlevan, Ender Ceylan, Güliz Uyar Güleç, Serkan Öncü · 2026
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Akın Öğünç İnan and co-authors report a 2026 case of skin mucormycosis mimicking necrotizing fasciitis. Mucormycosis is a rare invasive infection by Mucorales fungi. It usually strikes people with weakened immunity. Because the fungi invade blood vessels, tissue dies fast and the disease can resemble other flesh-destroying infections.
Their patient was a 70-year-old man whose laryngeal cancer was in remission, with no active immune-suppressing treatment. He had one week of worsening pain, swelling, discoloration, and dead tissue on his left leg. Microscopy showed broad fungal threads, and culture grew Mucorales. Liposomal amphotericin B at 5 mg/kg/day was stopped after his creatinine rose from 0.81 to 2.5 mg/dL. Posaconazole followed, and repeated surgical cleaning plus skin grafting brought recovery without relapse. The authors stress early surgery, tissue diagnosis, and prompt antifungal therapy.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Akın Öğünç İnan, Nursel Yıldız Zengin, Anıl Pehlevan, Ender Ceylan, Güliz Uyar Güleç, Serkan Öncü |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17810 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |