Scedosporium apiospermum infection imitating lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis in a patient with myeloblastic-monocytic leukaemia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 63-year-old man with a history of myeloblastic-monocytic leukaemia developed partly suppurating cutaneous nodules on the lower left leg. The nodules proceeded to spread in a linear fashion up the limb, following the line of the lymphatic drainage. Mycological examination of a skin biopsy demonstrated Scedoporium apiospermum. This case highlights the potential for Scedosporium species to act as opportunistic infections in immunosuppressed humans.
Medical subject headings
- Dermatomycoses
- Leg Ulcer
- Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute
- Mycetoma
- Opportunistic Infections
- Pseudallescheria