Recurrent disseminated skin lesions due to Metarrhizium anisopliae in an adult patient with acute myelogenous leukemia.
Metarrhizium anisopliae is a common insect pathogen that rarely causes infection in animals and humans. We report the first case of a disseminated skin infection in an immunocompromised adult patient. To date, only five cases of the disease in humans have been reported. There is no standard treatment for this infection.
Osorio
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Department of Haematology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
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Monteserin
M C
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Granados
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Oña
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Rodriguez-Tudela
J L
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Cuenca-Estrella
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D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer