Alphonsus Ndidi ONYIRIUKA, Edirin Omorigho YUSUF

Subcutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Nigerian Child

A 13-year-old girl presented with a three-month history of generalized blisters on her body following a traumatic injury to her leg with a piece of wood while farming. The lesions were hemorrhagic, itchy and tender on pressure. The patient was non-diabetic, non-leukemic, non-neutropenic, and not previously on immunosuppressive drugs, nor was there any evidence of immunosuppression. Culture and microscopic examination of scrapings from the skin lesions revealed growth of a Mucor spp. She was initially placed on potassium iodide and responded well for about a month, then relapsed. The patient was successfully treated with itraconazole monotherapy.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Mucormycosis, immunocompetent child, itraconazole monotherapy

Subcutaneous Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Nigerian Child

Keywords:

Mucormycosis, immunocompetent child, itraconazole monotherapy,

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