Subcutaneous Fusarium foot abscess in a renal transplant patient

Girardi, M.; Glusac, E.J.; Imaeda, S.

Cutis 63(5): 267-270

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162
PMID: 10349541
Document Number: 504401
A case is reported in a 50-year-old male diabetic renal transplant patient from Connecticut, USA , who developed a foot abscess due to Fusarium solani. The infection persisted despite aggressive surgical debridement and a 3-month course of intravenous liposomal amphotericin B (total dose 1500 mg).

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