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Foot Ulcer, Skin Nodules, and Blurred Vision
Author(s) -
Florence Fan,
Grace Lui,
Margaret Ip,
Nelson Lee
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir850
Subject(s) - medicine , blurred vision , foot (prosody) , dermatology , optometry , surgery , linguistics , philosophy
A 49-year-old female with acute lymphoblastic leukemia suffered from prolonged neutropenia after induction chemotherapy. On day 24 postchemotherapy, she developed a high fever of 40 C, and a small ulcer was noted on her right foot (Figure 1A). Soon, multiple painful skin nodules developed on her limbs (Figure 1B), trunk, and face. The lesions were characterized by a necrotic center, and some were ‘‘target-like.’’ A few days later, she also reported left eye pain and blurred vision; an examination revealed features of endophthalmitis. Despite empirical treatments with broad-spectrum antibacterial agents and anidulafungin, her symptoms were not controlled. The microorganism shown in Figure 2 was grown from her blood culture. What is your diagnosis?

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