[Cutaneous mold fungus granuloma from Ulocladium chartarum].
Cutaneous granulomas due to the mold fungus Ulocladium chartarum (Preuss) are described in a 58 year old woman. This fungus is usually harmless for mammalian. It is thought that a consisting immunosuppression (Brill-Symmer's disease, therapy with corticosteroids) was a priming condition for the infection. The route of infection in this patient described is unknown.
D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
Kutane Schimmelpilzgranulome durch Ulocladium chartarum.