Cutaneous mucormycosis arising in the skin folds of immunocompromised patients: A case series

Abstract

Mucormycosis is a fungal infection associated with high mortality in immunocompromised patients.1 Early diagnosis results in improved patient outcomes; however, there is often a delay in confirming mucormycosis infections.2 While rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis is the most common clinical presentation, cutaneous mucormycosis is known to occur in susceptible populations and is characterized by painful lesions that can progress to tissue necrosis.3 Skin trauma is a key predisposing factor for infection in prior reports of health care associated cutaneous mucormycosis in immunocompromised patients.