Cutaneous mucor infection treated with wide excision in two children who underwent marrow transplantation

Cutaneous mucor infection developed in two children who had undergone bone marrow transplantation for treatment of leukemia. One infection occurred before transplantation, and the other occurred during the period of profound neutropenia after transplantation. Both children were treated with an extensive wide excision of the infected area, and there was no evidence of mucor along the resected edges of tissue. Both patients received extensive treatment with either amphotericin (case 1) or amphotericin and itraconazole (case 2). These two cases represent aggressive management of cutaneous mucor infections, which is believed to be required for the successful completion of a marrow transplantation procedure. Copyright (C) 1996 by W.B. Saunders Company