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Cutaneous Bipolaris spicifera Infection
- Source :
- Archives of Dermatology; October 1989, Vol. 125 Issue: 10 p1383-1386, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- † Bipolaris spicifera is a dematiaceous fungus that has rarely been reported to cause cutaneous infection in humans. A patient with leukemia was examined for a nonhealing ulcer on her leg that developed following minor trauma. Histopathologic study revealed groups of nonpigmented, septate fungal hyphae located predominantly in the necrotic ulcer base. Cultures of a biopsy specimen yielded colonies that were gray to black with a black reverse. Microscopic examination revealed dematiaceous, straight, oblong conidia consistent with B spicifera. The ulcer was successfully treated with surgical excision, skin graft, and amphotericin B.(Arch Dermatol. 1989;125:1383-1386)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0003987X and 15383652
- Volume :
- 125
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Dermatology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs28480198
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1989.01670220079013