title: [Synopsis of invasive dermatomycoses in immunocompromised host].
abstract: The immune system plays a prominent role in the defense against a wide variety of pathogen fungi. Thus, the immunocompromised patient becomes a potential victim of mycoses originating from the skin. These mycoses may become invasive and a fatal issue is possible. In other circumstances, the inoculation site is pulmonary or digestive, and the cutaneous lesions represent secondary localizations.
authors.affiliation: CHU du Sart Tilman, service de Dermatopathologie.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quatresooz
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Arrese
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Piérard
mesh_terms: D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors