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Severe progressive cutaneous infection caused by Fonsecaea monophora in a patient after trauma

verfasst von: Xiang Xi Wang, Jin Yu

Erschienen in: Infection | Ausgabe 4/2019

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A previously healthy 41-year-old man with a history of a leg trauma while working as a farmer presented with increasingly growing nodules and plaques with crust on his left ankle for 16 years (a). He underwent a histopathological examination and was misdiagnosed as sporotrichosis by the local hospital. He was given itraconazole tablet 0.2g per day for treatment for 3 years, which showed little effect. After he stopped taking itraconazole by himself 6 months ago, the skin lesion enlarged and fused together, invading his left shank and thigh, with ulceration, discharge and distinct pain. A thorough general physical examination revealed multiple verrucous plaques and tumors along the left lower limb with black dot appearance on the surface (b). Direct smear from the “black dot” area showed sclerotic bodies and pigmented hyphae germinated from muriform cells (c). A biopsy of the skin tissue revealed multiple sclerotic bodies in the dermis (haematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×400) (d). Tissue culture and examination with polymerase chain reaction revealed the presence of Fonsecaea monophora. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Severe progressive cutaneous infection caused by Fonsecaea monophora in a patient after trauma
verfasst von
Xiang Xi Wang
Jin Yu
Publikationsdatum
19.03.2019
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Infection / Ausgabe 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Elektronische ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-019-01293-7

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