Abstract

With the wide and extensive use of immunosuppressive agents and broad-spectrum antibiotics, opportunistic fungla infections have been increased. Fusarium spp. are known to be significant emerging pathogens of opporthunistic local infection. But very rarely it may cause fatalc systemic infection. A 4-year-old boy with acute lymphocytic leukemia develped asymptomatic disseminated purpura with high fever unresponsive to the antibiotics during chemotherapy. The skin lesions gradually increased in size and number, and prgreassed to forming central necrosis. Many septated hyphae and variable sized spore-like fungal elements are found in the epidrmis, dermis and subcuit on histologic sections. The pathogenic fungus was idenified as Fusarium oxysporum by culture and scanning electronic microscopic findings. 

Keywords

F. oxysporum Immunocompromised Opportunistic infection

KJMM 2000 March;5(1):24-30(7). Epub 2016 February 23
Copyright © 2000 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

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Korean/English

Author

Sook Hee Lim; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Dong Won Lee; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Jun Young Lee; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Jihyang Lim; Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Kyungja Han; Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Baik Kee Cho; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding

Baik Kee Cho, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

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Sook Hee Lim

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Dong Won Lee

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Jun Young Lee

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Jihyang Lim

Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Kyungja Han

Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Baik Kee Cho

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 23