Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection in immunocompetent patients, whereas in immunocompromised, it may be systemic and disseminated infection associated with high mortality. Mucormycosis is one of the most rapidly progressing and fulminant forms of fungal infections; Mucor circinelloides is rarely isolated species, also from immunocompromised patients. The reported case of mucormycosis after a traffic accident indicates that it may be the result of a contamination of wound by M. circinelloides coming from the environment. The fungal strain was identified by phenotypic methods and confirmed by molecular methods. Etest method was used for susceptibility testing of the fungal strain. No mycotoxins were detected in the analyzed sample. The infection was successfully treated with amphotericin B, but amputation of the lower limb was necessary.

Department of Microbiology Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University 9 M Sklodowska Curie Street 85 094 Bydgoszcz Poland

Department of Physiology and Toxicology Institute of Experimental Biology Faculty of Natural Sciences Kazimierz Wielki University Chodkiewicza 30 85 064 Bydgoszcz Poland

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