Cutaneous infection caused by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.

ABSTRACT: Cylindrocarpon lichenicola is a saprophytic soil fungus which has rarely been associated with human disease. We report the first case of localized invasive cutaneous infection caused by this fungus in a 53-year-old male from the rural midwestern United States with relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia. On admission for induction chemotherapy, the patient was noted to have an abrasive laceration between the fourth and fifth metacarpophalangeal joints and on the dorsum of the right hand, which progressed to frank ulceration following chemotherapy. A biopsy provided an initial diagnosis of an invasive fungal infection consistent with aspergillosis based on the histopathological appearance of the mold in tissue. Multiple positive fungal cultures which were obtained from the biopsied tissue were

SUBMITTER: Iwen PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC87389 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature