Kritika Vishwanath Singhal, Vikrant Saoji, Sandhya V Saoji
Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprosy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, India.
Dermatology online journal 2012A 65-year-old man presented with an irregular ulcer with a black eschar on his forehead associated with severe headache. A subcutaneous nodule with a necrotic center was present on the left knee. The diagnosis of Fusarium infection was made and confirmed by biopsy and culture. The patient had a history of bronchial asthma for which he was on inhalational steroids for 5 years. It is unclear if this treatment was related to the disseminated Fusarium infection. The patient received oral itraconazole for 3 months with good improvement but met with an unexpected sudden death.
Kritika Vishwanath Singhal, Vikrant Saoji, Sandhya V Saoji. Fusarium skin infection: a case report. Dermatology online journal. 2012;18(4):6
PMID: 22559021
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