RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 <em>Saksenaea</em> mucormycosis: a rare and dangerous cause of necrotising fasciitis
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e254183
DO 10.1136/bcr-2022-254183
VO 16
IS 3
A1 Sykes, Blake Anthony
A1 Krause, Hans
A1 Lamparelli, Michael
A1 Austin, David
YR 2023
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/3/e254183.abstract
AB Necrotising fasciitis is a rapidly progressing soft tissue infection requiring early and adequate surgical debridement and appropriate antibiotic cover. The present case highlights bacterial fasciitis associated with fungal (Mucor) infection with insidious angioinvasive nature (Saksenaea vasiformis) which required amputation, negative-pressure vacuum dressings and amphotericin B for definitive treatment. This demonstrates a relatively rare case of the group IV classification of necrotising fasciitis, which we must consider when there is slowly progressing tissue death despite seemingly adequate treatment.