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CASE REPORT article

Front. Med.
Sec. Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1448147

Continuous debridement combined with short-term posaconazole therapy for Cutaneous Mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae infection secondary to acute myeloid leukemia： A Case Report

Provisionally accepted
Fengming Wang Fengming Wang 1Jv Li Jv Li 2jiayuan ye jiayuan ye 3*Yilian Xie Yilian Xie 4*
  • 1 Department of Hematopathology, Shangyu People's Hospital of Shaoxing, Shaoxing, China
  • 2 Shangyu People's Hospital of Shaoxing, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China
  • 3 Department of infectious diseases, Shangyu people's Hospital Of Shaoxing, shaoxing, China
  • 4 Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China

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    Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection marked by skin abscesses, swelling, necrosis, dry ulcers, and eschars. Though less fatal compared to other mucormycosis forms, delayed diagnosis and treatment in immunocompromised patients can cause the infection to spread to vital organs, becoming life-threatening. We report a case of lower extremity cutaneous mucormycosis secondary to acute myeloid leukemia, successfully managed with sustained surgical debridement and short-term oral posaconazole. This case highlights the effectiveness of surgical debridement and the potential for short-course antifungal therapy in managing cutaneous mucormycosis.

    Keywords: Cutaneous Mucormycosis1, Lower Limb Infection2, acute myeloid leukemia3, Posaconazole4, Case report5

    Received: 12 Jun 2024; Accepted: 11 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wang, Li, ye and Xie. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    jiayuan ye, Department of infectious diseases, Shangyu people's Hospital Of Shaoxing, shaoxing, China
    Yilian Xie, Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China

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