An elusive diagnosis: Scedosporium apiospermum infection after near-drowning
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Cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection in an immunocompromised patient.
Scedosporium apiospermum infection occurred in the left forearm of a patient who was taking oral prednisolone for pulmonary fibrosis. The infection appeared to follow a scratch from a blackcurrant bush. This is the first reported case in the United Kingdom of a cutaneous infection from Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompromised patient.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0972-2327
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.70878