Cutaneous rhizopus infection associated with elastoplast wound dressing.

A case of primary zygomycosis due to Rhizopus spp associated with Elastoplast bandage use in a young, healthy surgical patient is reported. Lesions resolved without complications after removal of the bandage from the wound and a short course of amphotericin B. Rhizopus spp was recovered from material obtained by scraping the lesions, and from unused Elastoplast bandage retrieved from the operating room.Epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the condition are discussed.