Abstract
A case of necrotizing fasciitis of the anterior abdominal wall caused by the zygomycete Apophysomyces elegans in a healthy male following inguinal herniorrhaphy is reported. The portal of entry of the fungus into the incised skin and subcutaneous tissues was probably through either contaminated surgical sutures or postoperative surgical dressings. Broad, aseptate fungal hyphae were seen in the necrosed tissues with an associated necrotizing vasculitis. Extensive tissue debridements and a low dose of amphotericin B were not successful in controlling the rapid invasion of the tissues by the fungus.
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