Korean J Dermatol.  2002 Dec;40(12):1547-1551.

Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis Complicating the Grafted Skin after Burn

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  • 1Department of Dermatology, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Korea. sdpark@wonkwang.ac.kr

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.

Keyword

Primary cutaneous aspergillosis; Skin graft; Itraconazole

MeSH Terms

Aspergillosis*
Aspergillus fumigatus
Burns*
Cicatrix
Dermis
Fluconazole
Humans
Hyphae
Itraconazole
Lower Extremity
Middle Aged
Skin*
Suppuration
Transplants*
Fluconazole
Itraconazole
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