amphotericin-b and Wounds--Gunshot

Mucormycosis is a deadly angioinvasive fungal infection that is increasing in incidence. Gastrointestinal and abdominal involvement is rare, has higher mortality rates, and is frequently diagnosed late.. We report a patient who sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen and subsequently developed omental and hepatic mucormycosis. He underwent 14 abdominal washouts and several liver debridements, and he received combination therapy with amphotericin B and micafungin.. The patient survived the disease, with negative cultures and pathology at the last washout, and underwent skin grafting. He is clinically improved and remains on oral antifungals as an outpatient.. Mucormycosis should be considered in trauma patients with persistent signs of infection after lavage and antibiotics, especially when necrosis or atypical wound presentations are noted. Approaches such as ours using aggressive surgical management and intensive antifungal administration should be instituted once the diagnosis is suspected.

Topics: Abdominal Injuries; Adult; Amphotericin B; Antifungal Agents; Drug Therapy, Combination; Echinocandins; Humans; Lipopeptides; Male; Micafungin; Mucormycosis; Rhizopus; Wounds, Gunshot

I have presented an unusual case of an infected prosthetic cranioplasty due to Sporobolomyces species found to be sensitive to amphotericin B in vitro. The infection was successfully treated with a combination of surgery and antifungal therapy.

Topics: Amphotericin B; Female; Frontal Bone; Humans; Methylmethacrylates; Middle Aged; Mitosporic Fungi; Mycoses; Osteomyelitis; Prosthesis-Related Infections; Wounds, Gunshot

Topics: Adolescent; Amphotericin B; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Burns; Candidiasis; Child; Child, Preschool; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Female; Humans; Immunosuppressive Agents; Male; Middle Aged; Sepsis; Wound Infection; Wounds, Gunshot

Topics: Acute Kidney Injury; Amphotericin B; Bronchopneumonia; Burns; Candida; Candidiasis; Child; Drug Therapy; Erythroblastosis, Fetal; Female; Geriatrics; Heart Failure; Humans; Hyperbilirubinemia; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Postgastrectomy Syndromes; Renal Insufficiency; Sepsis; Toxicology; Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; Wounds, Gunshot