CUTANEOUS ASPERGILLOSIS

The authors present a patient with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who developed a cutaneous lesion under the transparent dressi ng of a venous catheter. Histologic examination of the lesion revealed suppurative granulomatous inflammation in the dermis with numerous br anching hyphae within the follicular infundibulum. A culture of tile b iopsy material grew Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus must be conside red in tile differential diagnosis of cutaneous lesions in patients in fected with the human immunodeficiency virus, especially when the lesi on occurs under an occlusive dressing.