Author/Authors :
Mardani, Masoud Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Khodashahi, Rozita Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Lotfali, Ensieh Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - School of Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Abolghasemi, Sara Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Hakemi-vala, Mojhde Department of Microbiology - School of Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Background and Purpose: Fusarium species is an opportunistic mold that causes disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients. Given the high mortality rate of this infection, it is important to make a definite diagnosis when encountering suspected cases.
Case report: Herein, we presented a 35-year-old man diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia with a prolonged febrile neutropenic period and ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions, along with fungemia and disseminated fusariosis. The patient died despite receiving combination therapy, perhaps due to the nonrecovery of neutrophil.
Conclusion: Ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions due to disseminated fusariosis might be easily misdiagnosed. Consequently, more attention should be paid to the cutaneous lesions in immunocompromised patients.
