The Concept of Ecthyma Gangrenosum Illustrated by a Fusarium oxysporum Infection in an Immunocompetent Individual.
Ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) involves necrotic cutaneous lesions caused by bacteria, mainly Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and is usually seen in immunocompromised patients with septicemia. However, clinically similar infections have been published with fungi as etiologic agents. We present a case of an EG-like lesion due to Fusarium oxysporum confirmed by clinical diagnosis, culture and molecular identification and discuss the definition of EG.
Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, PO Box 550001, 4 Beijing Road, Guiyang, China.|CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Yanping
Y
Jiang
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.alhatmi@cbs.knaw.nl.|Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.alhatmi@cbs.knaw.nl.|Directorate General of Health Services, Ibri Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. a.alhatmi@cbs.knaw.nl.
Abdullah M S
AM
Al-Hatmi
Departments of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Yining
Y
Xiang
Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, PO Box 550001, 4 Beijing Road, Guiyang, China.
Yu
Y
Cao
Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, PO Box 550001, 4 Beijing Road, Guiyang, China.
Albert H G Gerrits
AH
van den Ende
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Ilse
I
Curfs-Breuker
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jacques F
JF
Meis
Department of Dermatology, The Affiliated Hospital, Guizhou Medical University, PO Box 550001, 4 Beijing Road, Guiyang, China. Hongguanglu@hotmail.com.
Hongguang
H
Lu
CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, PO Box 85167, 3508 AD, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.|Basic Pathology Department, Federal University of Paraná State, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.|Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
G Sybren
GS
de Hoog
D000293:Adolescent; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004473:Ecthyma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D060585:Fusariosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
Definition; Ecthyma gangrenosum; Fusarium oxysporum; Immunocompetent