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Primary Cutaneous Mucormycosis Produced by the New Species Apophysomyces mexicanus

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 12, Pages 4428-4431

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02138-14

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A case of fungal necrotizing fasciitis that appeared in an immunocompetent Mexican woman after a car accident is described. The patient did not respond to antifungal treatment and died 4 days later. The fungus was molecularly identified as a new species of Apophysomyces, namely, Apophysomyces mexicanus.

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