title: Acute disseminated cutaneous candidiasis.
abstract: Acute disseminated candidiasis is a serious and difficult problem often seen in immunocompromised states. Appearance of a characteristic skin eruption is helpful in the diagnostic. We report below a case report of an eight year old girl with aplastic anemia who had received multiple courses of antibiotics. A profuse monomorphic papular nodular eruption subsequently appeared on the face, palms and soles. Candida tropicalis was identified from the skin biopsy taken from one such lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications; D002179:Candidiasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans