title: Fusarium solani breast abscess.
abstract: An unusual manifestation of breast fusariosis was encountered in a 55-year-old female diabetic patient. Two fine needle aspirates (FNA) from the abscess were done at three days interval and they showed hyaline, septate, branched, fungal hyphae in 10% potassium hydroxide mount. Fungal infection was confirmed by demonstrating the fungal hyphae in the midst of lymphocytes, macrophages and neutrophils in Leishman stained smears. Culture of both FNAs yielded a heavy and pure growth of Fusarium solani. The patient responded to oral ketoconazole 200 mg once daily for 3 weeks. The breast fusariosis reported here is presumably the first case in India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Raja Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Chidambaram - 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anandi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vishwanathan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasikala
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Subramaniyan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chidambaram
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005670:Fusarium / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D007654:Ketoconazole