Superficial Cutaneous Zygomycosis Presenting as Resistant Intertrigo: A Case Report

Devon E McMahon; Kristen Hysell; Mary Montgomery; Jason Frangos

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa043

Superficial Cutaneous Zygomycosis Presenting as Resistant Intertrigo: A Case Report

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 7;7(2):ofaa043. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa043. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Devon E McMahon¹, Kristen Hysell², Mary Montgomery², Jason Frangos¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Zygomycosis is an angioinvasive fungal infection with a high mortality rate. Cutaneous zygomycosis is the second most common form of the disease, typically characterized by necrotic eschars in an immunocompromised host. We report an unusual case of superficial intertrigo resistant to conventional therapies caused by Mucor circinelloides in a patient with HIV and diabetes.

Keywords: Mucor circinelloides; United States of America; dermatomycoses; intertrigo; mucormycosis; posaconazole; zygomycosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

T32 AI007433/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States