Cutaneous microabscess formation from Alernaria alternata.
A 69-year-old farmer with acute lymphocytic lymphoma developed multiple ulcerated hemorrhagic cutaneous lesions. Alternaria alternata was cultured from the lesions and hyphae were seen in biopsies of the lesions. The potential role of Alternaria as a human pathogen is discussed.
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000528:Alternaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*