Invasive burn wound infection due to Curvularia species

A 3-year-old white-skinned female sustained a 44 per cent deep partial and full skin thickness burn due to petrol. She developed an invasive wound infection due to a fungus later identified as Curvularia species, an organism, usually a saprophyte, not previously reported as a cause of invasive burn...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Burns 1993-02, Vol.19 (1), p.77-79
Hauptverfasser:	Still, J.M., Law, E.J., Pereira, G.I., Singletary, E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphotericin B - administration & dosage Biological and medical sciences Burns Burns - drug therapy Burns - microbiology Burns - surgery Child, Preschool Female Humans Medical sciences Mitosporic Fungi - isolation & purification Mycoses - microbiology Skin Transplantation Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Zusammenfassung:	A 3-year-old white-skinned female sustained a 44 per cent deep partial and full skin thickness burn due to petrol. She developed an invasive wound infection due to a fungus later identified as Curvularia species, an organism, usually a saprophyte, not previously reported as a cause of invasive burn wound infection. Treatment with surgical excision and Amphotericin B resulted in cure.
ISSN:	0305-4179 1879-1409
DOI:	10.1016/0305-4179(93)90107-J