Recurrent disseminated skin lesions due to Metarrhizium anisopliae in an adult patient with acute myelogenous leukemia

J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Feb;45(2):651-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01502-06. Epub 2006 Dec 6.

Abstract

Metarrhizium anisopliae is a common insect pathogen that rarely causes infection in animals and humans. We report the first case of a disseminated skin infection in an immunocompromised adult patient. To date, only five cases of the disease in humans have been reported. There is no standard treatment for this infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Fungal / analysis
  • DNA, Fungal / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / analysis
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypocreales / classification*
  • Hypocreales / genetics
  • Hypocreales / isolation & purification*
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer