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Case Reports
. 2019 Oct;49(4):306-308.
doi: 10.1177/0049475519845779. Epub 2019 Jun 8.

Disseminated cutaneous chrysosporium infection

Peter Cv Dincy  1 , Thomas Meera  2 , Pulimood A Susanne  1 , Raj M Promila  3
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Case Reports

Disseminated cutaneous chrysosporium infection

Peter Cv Dincy et al. Trop Doct. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

Cutaneous chrysosporium infection is extremely rare and underdiagnosed. We present an immunocompromised patient who presented with recurrent cutaneous abscesses. Histopathology of the abscess showed thick-walled conidia and septate fungal hyphae within the subcutis and fungal culture grew Chrysosporium species.

Keywords: Chrysosporium; abscess; immunocompromised.

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