Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis Complicating the Grafted Skin after Burn.
- Author:
Jung Dae KANG
1
;
So Jin KIM
;
Dong O YOU
;
Seok Don PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. sdpark@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Primary cutaneous aspergillosis;
Skin graft;
Itraconazole
- MeSH:
Aspergillosis*;
Aspergillus fumigatus;
Burns*;
Cicatrix;
Dermis;
Fluconazole;
Humans;
Hyphae;
Itraconazole;
Lower Extremity;
Middle Aged;
Skin*;
Suppuration;
Transplants*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(12):1547-1551
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 60-year-old healthy man was consulted with dark brown eschars and purulent discharges on the grafted skin of a burn scar on the posterior aspect of both lower extremities which had developed two weeks after the skin graft. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated by repeated fungal cultures from pus and tissue pieces. Also septate hyphae branching at an acute angle are seen in the dermis in PAS-stained section. After two weeks therapy with fluconazole and itraconazole, the patient accepted skin graft again. The skin lesion was improved after prophylactic itraconazole treatment for three weeks.
