Hematogenously disseminated skin disease caused by Mucor velutinosus in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Janyce A. Sugui; Jesica A. Christensen; John E. Bennett; Adrian M. Zelazny; Kyung J. Kwon-Chung

doi:10.1128/JCM.00387-11

Hematogenously disseminated skin disease caused by Mucor velutinosus in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia

Janyce A. Sugui, Jesica A. Christensen, John E. Bennett, Adrian M. Zelazny, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung

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We report here a case of disseminated skin infection caused by Mucor velutinosus, a recently described new species. We believe this to be the first published report of a clinical case of mucormycosis due to M. velutinosus, as well as a rare case of dissemination from a deep site to skin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2728-2732
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	49
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00387-11
State	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

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