SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM INFECTION IMITATING LYMPHOCUTANEOUS SPOROTRICHOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH MYELOBLASTIC-MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

Authors
TOROK L SIMON G CSORNAI A TAPAI M TOROK I
Citation
L. Torok et al., SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM INFECTION IMITATING LYMPHOCUTANEOUS SPOROTRICHOSIS IN A PATIENT WITH MYELOBLASTIC-MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA, British journal of dermatology, 133(5), 1995, pp. 805-809
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
133
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
805 - 809
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1995)133:5<805:SAIILS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A 63-year-old man with a history of myeloblastic-monocytic leukaemia d eveloped partly suppurating cutaneous nodules on the lower left leg. T he nodules proceeded to spread in a linear fashion up the limb, follow ing the line of the lymphatic drainage. Mycological examination of a s kin biopsy demonstrated Scedoporium apiospermum. This case highlights the potential for Scedosporium species to act as opportunistic infecti ons in immunosuppressed humans.