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Disseminated Fusarium solani Infection With Cutaneous Nodules in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
Author(s) -
Mowbray Davidd N.,
Paller Amy S.,
Nelson Paul E.,
Kaplan Raymond L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1988.tb01267.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bone marrow transplant , fusarium solani , bone marrow , bone marrow transplantation , pathology , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Fusarium is a ubiquitous fungus that commonly colonizes ulcerated, burned, or traumatized skin and may cause keratitis and onychomycosis in healthy hosts. Serious disseminated infection due to Fusarium has been reported with increasing frequency in immunocompromised patients. We describe a bone marrow transplant patient who developed fungal septicemia and disseminated skin nodules due to Fusarium solani. Fusarium should be recognized as a potential cause of deep fungal infection in immunocompromised patients.