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Cutaneous Infection Caused by Fusarium verticillioides in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus and Liver Cirrhosis

Seok-Jong Lee,Young Min Jeon,Jee Youn Won,Eun-Sup Song,Young Woo Choi,Han Uk Kim
Epub 2016 February 25

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Abstract



Fusarium species, which are common soil saprophytes, have been implicated as a pathogen causing a variety of opportunistic infections such as keratitis, onychomycosis, burn wound infection or disseminated systemic infections in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of cutaneous infection caused by F. verticillioides in a 59-year-old man, with a long history of diabetes mellitus and alcoholic liver cirrhosis. He presented with a few papules and fluctuant cutaneous nodules on both forearms traumatized by woodstick 4 months ago. The diagnosis of F. verticillioides infection was established by histopathologic examination and finding of tissue cultures.

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Alcoholic liver cirrhosis Cutaneous infection Diabetes mellitus Fusarium verticillioides




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