FATAL HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS FOLLOWING FUSARIUM ONYCHOMYCOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT

Authors
ARRESE JE PIERARDFRANCHIMONT C PIERARD GE
Citation
Je. Arrese et al., FATAL HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS FOLLOWING FUSARIUM ONYCHOMYCOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT, The American journal of dermatopathology, 18(2), 1996, pp. 196-198
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
The American journal of dermatopathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01931091
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
196 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-1091(1996)18:2<196:FHFFOI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 35-year-old man with B lymphoblastic lymphoma was treated with bone marrow transplant and aggressive chemotherapy. He developed a Fusarium infection of the great toenail. Septicemic dissemination of a Fusariu m sp. occurred 9 months later during a lymphoma relapse. The clinical course of the hyalohyphomycosis was then rapidly fatal despite institu tion of amphotericin B therapy.