Cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection in an immunocompromised patient

Authors
Bower, CPR Oxley, JD Campbell, CK Archer, CB
Citation
Cpr. Bower et al., Cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection in an immunocompromised patient, J CLIN PATH, 52(11), 1999, pp. 846-848
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
ISSN journal
00219746 → ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
846 - 848
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9746(199911)52:11<846:CSAIIA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Scedosporium apiospermum infection occurred in the left forearm of a patien t who was taking oral prednisolone for pulmonary fibrosis. The infection ap peared to follow a scratch from a blackcurrant bush. This is the first repo rted case in the United Kingdom of a cutaneous infection from Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompromised patient.