in mid december a female who had been on prednisone and is insulin dependent diabetic fell and received an abrasion on the dorsal side of her right hand she was placed on penicillin by the end of january the ulcer had not healed and she was referred to a plastic surgeon on january 30th a swab of the wound was cultured at 35 degrees ccelcius on blood agar on the same day a gram stained was prepared which showed fungal elements brownish waxy colonies grew on the blood agar slide cultures set up on feb 1st incubated at 25 degrees celcius showed hyphae and single conidia....

what infection is this and what caused it??