Mucormycosis in transplant patients.

Cutaneous mucormycosis in a renal transplant recipient resulted in gangrenous cellulitis of the neck at an internal jugular cannula site. This nosocomial process was due to a histologically confirmed infection, and cultures revealed Mucor sp. The patient died despite surgical debridement and amphotericin B therapy. Cutaneous mucormycosis is a relatively rare entity with only 12 cases previously reported. In renal transplant patients only nine cases of renal transplant patients only nine cases of mucormycosis have been reported and only one was cutaneous. Also, this case reported is the second originating at an intravenous cannula site; the first recorded patient was diabetic.