{"title":"Mucor osteomyelitis after traumatic forearm amputation in a 38-year-old patient.","authors":"Dominik Spuehler, Johannes Fuchs, Joerg Hainich","doi":"10.1080/23320885.2023.2259468","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the case of a forest ranger who developed a polymicrobial infection with Mucor circinelloides after traumatic forearm amputation. Based on our case report we discuss epidemiology and management of this rare and potentially fatal infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":42421,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery","volume":"10 1","pages":"2259468"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/02/e2/ICRP_10_2259468.PMC10515656.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Case Reports in Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2259468","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SURGERY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report the case of a forest ranger who developed a polymicrobial infection with Mucor circinelloides after traumatic forearm amputation. Based on our case report we discuss epidemiology and management of this rare and potentially fatal infection.