title: Primary disseminated fusarial infection.
abstract: Among the fungal pathogens the species Fusariam solani causing systemic infection is very rare and generally causes systemic infection only in an immuno-compromised host. We report a systemic infection caused by F. solani in a non-immunocompromised adult male, to our knowledge the first such case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ratnakar
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Veliath
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanungo
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Smile
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005670:Fusarium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*