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Bibashi E, de Hoog GS, Pavlidis TE, et al. Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2012;2:7-10doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.001.
Bibashi, E., de Hoog, G. S., Pavlidis, T. E., Symeonidis, N., Sakantamis, A., & Walther, G. (2012). Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident. Medical mycology case reports, 27-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.001
Bibashi, Evangelia, et al. "Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident." Medical mycology case reports vol. 2 (2012): 7-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.001
Bibashi E, de Hoog GS, Pavlidis TE, Symeonidis N, Sakantamis A, Walther G. Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2012 Dec 08;2:7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.001. eCollection 2012 Dec 08. PMID: 24432204; PMCID: PMC3885937.
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Med Mycol Case Rep. 2012 Dec 08;2:7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.001. eCollection 2012 Dec 08.

Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident.

Medical mycology case reports

Evangelia Bibashi, G Sybren de Hoog, Theodoros E Pavlidis, Nikolaos Symeonidis, Athanasios Sakantamis, Grit Walther

Affiliations

  1. Department of Microbiology, Hippokration General Hospital, 49, Konstantinoupoleos Str., GR-546 42 Thessaloniki, Greece.
  2. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  3. 2 Propedeutical Surgical Department, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, 49, Konstantinoupoleos Str., GR-546 42 Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 24432204 PMCID: PMC3885937 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.12.001

Abstract

A 32-year-old immunocompetent man sustained severe traumas contaminated with organic material due to a car accident. An infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa at the site of contamination was early diagnosed and cured by multiple surgical debridement and daily cleansing with antiseptic solution only.

Keywords: Lichtheimia; Mucorales; Mucormycosis; Trauma; Zygomycetes

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