title: Ecthyma Gangrenosum-like Lesions in a Febrile Neutropenic Patient with Simultaneous Pseudomonas Sepsis and Disseminated Fusariosis.
abstract: Fusarium spp. is an opportunistic mold that causes disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients. It is important to make a definite diagnosis because of high mortality rates. We present the case of a 27-year-old pregnant woman diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia with a prolonged febrile neutropenic period. She developed ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions and simultaneously had Pseudomonas bacteremia and disseminated fusariosis. Histopathological and microbiological features of skin lesions had a critical role in differential diagnosis. Ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions due to disseminated fusariosis might be easily misdiagnosed as lesions associated with Pseudomonas unless tissue cultures and histopathological examinations are performed.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uludokumacı
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilker İnanç
authors.initials: Iİ
authors.lastname: Balkan
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilgül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mete
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Reşat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozaras
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Neşe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saltoğlu
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Teoman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soysal
keywords: Disseminated fusariosis; Ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesions; Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis