title: Cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection in an immunocompromised patient.
abstract: Scedosporium apiospermum infection occurred in the left forearm of a patient who was taking oral prednisolone for pulmonary fibrosis. The infection appeared to follow a scratch from a blackcurrant bush. This is the first reported case in the United Kingdom of a cutaneous infection from Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompromised patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, UK. Gif.Bower@Virgin.net
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Bower
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Oxley
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Archer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001132:Arm; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011541:Pseudallescheria; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D011239:Prednisolone