Disseminated fusariosis

Pediatr Dermatol. 1996 Mar-Apr;13(2):118-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1996.tb01416.x.

Abstract

A 7-year-old boy with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed disseminated hyalohyphomycosis due to Fusarium solani. The clinical features included fever, severe myalgia, documented fungemia with F. solani, an ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesion next to a peripheral venous catheter, and disseminated pustules. Severe neutropenia due to chemotherapy was the most relevant risk factor. Histopathologic study of the ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesion, as well as pustular lesions, revealed epidermal necrosis and an inflammatory infiltrate in the upper dermis, with numerous septate hyphae demonstrated by periodic acid-Schiff stain. Clinical resolution was achieved with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and amphotericin B administration. Our case suggests that the peripheral venous access was probably the portal of entry of the fungus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Catheterization, Peripheral / instrumentation
  • Child
  • Dermatomycoses / diagnosis*
  • Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
  • Ecthyma / microbiology
  • Fever / diagnosis
  • Fungemia / diagnosis
  • Fusarium*
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Neutropenia / chemically induced

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Amphotericin B