1. [A cutaneous ulcer induced by fungi of the genus Fusarium].
- Author
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Negroni R, Martino O, Robles AM, Orduna T, Arechavala A, Brusca S, and Helou S
- Subjects
- Adult, Biopsy, Dermatomycoses etiology, Dermatomycoses microbiology, Diagnosis, Differential, Foot Injuries complications, Foot Ulcer etiology, Foot Ulcer microbiology, Humans, Male, Paraguay, Skin microbiology, Skin pathology, Dermatomycoses pathology, Foot Ulcer pathology, Fusarium isolation & purification
- Abstract
A case of cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis, due to Fusarium oxysporum, in a 40 years old man is presented. The patient came from Paraguay where he worked in a tropical rural area. His disease had begun 2 months before his admission as a skin ulcer located in the left leg. Clinical characteristics, diagnosis methods, differential diagnosis with other ulcers of the legs in tropical areas as well as therapeutic measures are discussed in this presentation.
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- 1997
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