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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei in a patient with advanced tuberculosis
H U Kim1, S H Kang, T Matsumoto
1Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Seoul, Korea.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|May 29, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Exophiala jeanselmei in an 84-year-old Korean farmer suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. He presented with six subcutaneous, fluctuant abscesses on the left distal forearm and wrist. Subcutaneous infections by E. jeanselmei mostly present as a solitary cyst or abscess on an extremity. The present case showed localized multiple abscesses suggesting metastatic tuberculous abscesses or other pyogenic bacterial infections.