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Mucormycosis of the vulva following bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation volume 19, pages 859–860 (1997)Cite this article

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Mucormycosis is uncommon in bone marrow transplant recipients. Primary cutaneous mucor in any setting is unusual. It may mimic necrotizing bacterial infection particularly in patients with severe neutropenia. We report a case of vulvar mucormycosis in a transplant recipient. Diagnosis depends on histological identification of fungal hyphae invading tissue and blood vessels.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Infectious Disease Division, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    J Nomura & J Ruskin

  2. Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    F Sahebi, N Kogut & PM Falk

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Nomura, J., Ruskin, J., Sahebi, F. et al. Mucormycosis of the vulva following bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 19, 859–860 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1700740

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