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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2002, p. 725-727, Vol. 40, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.725-727.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Soft Tissue Infection with Absidia corymbifera in a Patient with Idiopathic Aplastic Anemia

R. Cloughley,1 J. Kelehan,1 G. Corbett-Feeney,1,2 M. Murray,3 J. Callaghan,4 P. Regan,5 and M. Cormican1,2*

Departments of Medical Microbiology,1 Haematology,3 Histopathology,4 Plastic Surgery, University College Hospital,5 Department of Bacteriology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland2

Received 16 July 2001/ Returned for modification 24 September 2001/ Accepted 23 November 2001

We describe a case of primary cutaneous mucormycosis (zygomycosis) in a patient with idiopathic aplastic anemia which responded to surgical debridement and therapy with liposomal amphotericin B. The tissue removed at surgery showed dense infiltration with fungal hyphae on histopathological examination. Primary cultures of tissue on solid media were negative, but Absidia corymbifera was isolated from unprocessed tissue placed in brain heart infusion broth.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland. Phone: 353 91 524222. Fax: 353 91 524216. E-mail: Martin.Cormican{at}bsi.ie.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2002, p. 725-727, Vol. 40, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.725-727.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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