Open AccessHyperkeratotic warty skin lesion of foot caused by Fusarium oxysporum
Author(s) -
Ravinder Kaur,
Megha Maheshwari
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.108082
Subject(s) - fusarium , medicine , lesion , skin lesion , foot (prosody) , dermatology , skin infection , mycetoma , fusarium oxysporum , pathology , biology , botany , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , linguistics , philosophy , genetics
Fusarium species are common soil-inhabiting organisms and plant pathogens. Human infections are usually precipitated by local or systemic predisposing factors, and disseminated infection is associated with impaired immune responses. Skin infections caused by Fusarium spp. include keratitis, onychomycosis, mycetoma, painful discrete erythematous nodules. Hyperkeratotic skin lesions caused by Fusarium spp. are, however, rarely reported. We report a case of hyperkeratotic verrucous warty skin lesion in the foot of a 50-year-old immunocompetent male, farmer by occupation