Primary cutaneous infection by Aspergillus ustus in a 62-year-old liver transplant recipient
| Autor: | Jonathan Potter, Anne Riordan, Matthew J. Stiller, Stanley A. Rosenthal, Jerome L. Shupack, Morris A. Gordon, Lewis Teperman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cirrhosis Dermatology Opportunistic Infections Aspergillosis Aspergillus ustus Risk Factors medicine Dermatomycoses Humans Mycosis Hepatitis Cross Infection business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Liver Transplantation Transplantation Aspergillus Terbinafine business Primary cutaneous aspergillosis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 31(2 Pt 2) |
| ISSN: | 0190-9622 |
| Popis: | We report the first case of primary cutaneous aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus ustus , a species that seldom infects human beings. The patient, a 62-year-old liver transplant recipient with end-stage hepatitis C-induced cirrhosis, was receiving the experimental immunosuppressive drug FK-506. Trauma to the skin of the right arm from tape and from an arm board holding intravenous and intraarterial catheters in place and to the left leg from an occlusive knee brace may have contributed to this unusual mycosis. The patient's cutaneous aspergillosis responded to a combination of intravenous amphotericin B and topical terbinafine cream. Although the patient died shortly thereafter from hepatic failure, there was no evidence of systemic aspergillosis. (J Am Acad Dermatol 1994;31:344-7.) |
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