Localized oral Fusarium infection in an AIDS patient with malignant lymphoma

A Paugam; M T Baixench; N Frank; P Bossi; G de Pinieux; C Tourte-Schaefer; J Dupouy-Camet

doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(99)90008-7

Localized oral Fusarium infection in an AIDS patient with malignant lymphoma

J Infect. 1999 Sep;39(2):153-4. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(99)90008-7.

Authors

A Paugam¹, M T Baixench, N Frank, P Bossi, G de Pinieux, C Tourte-Schaefer, J Dupouy-Camet

Affiliation

¹ Parasitology-Mycology, Dermatology and Anatomopathology Unit, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.

PMID: 10609534
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(99)90008-7

Abstract

We report here a case of localized oral Fusarium infection in an AIDS patient who developed an ulceration in the soft palate. Fusarium solani was identified by histopathology and culture. We believe this to be the second reported case of oral Fusarium infection in a patient with haematological malignancy and the first reported association of oral Fusarium infection with AIDS.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / complications*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Adult
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Fusarium / isolation & purification*
Humans
Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / complications*
Mycoses / complications*
Mycoses / drug therapy

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Amphotericin B