PRIMARY CUTANEOUS ASPERGILLUS-USTUS INFECTION - 2ND REPORTED CASE

We describe the second case of primary cutaneous Aspergillus ustus inf ection in an immunocompromised patient. Cutaneous aspergillosis was co nfirmed both by culture and positive fluorescent antibody staining. Fe w species of Aspergillus are pathogenic in human beings, and fewer sti ll cause primary cutaneous disease. The only other reported case of as pergillosis from Aspergillus ustus occurred in an immunosuppressed pat ient who was temporally and geographically separated from ours.