Infectious Disease Compendium

Saksenaea

Microbiology

Mould, a zygomycetes. S. erythrospora, S. vasiformis

Epidemiologic Risks

Found in the soil.

Syndromes

Soft-tissue infections after penetrating trauma and burns (PubMed).

Saksenaea vasiformis causes fulminant necrotizing fasciitis in normal hosts.

Occasional invasive disease in the immunoincompetent.

At least one case after esthetic breast augmentation surgery in medical tourism (PubMed).

Treatment

Amphotericin B with surgery.

Posaconazole looks promising (PubMed).

Notes

Often fatal even in normal hosts.

One case from a magpie peck (PubMed); another from a tattoo (PubMed).

Last Update: 04/08/18.