A rare Fusarium equiseti infection in a 53-year-old male with burn injury: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Burn injuries are prone to infection caused by bacteria, fungi, or other pathogens. Fungal wound infection usually has non-specific clinical symptoms. Nevertheless, in some cases, the fungal burden is so substantial that can easily be seen by the naked eyes, but this phenomenon has rarely been reported with Fusarium.

Case report

A 53-year-old patient with severe burn injury was admitted to the intensive care unit of the National Hospital of Burn, Ha Noi, Vietnam. His wound was dressed with a traditional herbal product before the hospital admission. On the 5th day after the admission, some white patches suspected of fungal colonies appeared on burn lesions where the herbal medicine was placed. Histological examination (Periodic acid-Schiff) and c

SUBMITTER: Xuan Hai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8443881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature