Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei in a patient with advanced tuberculosis

✍ Scribed by Kim; Kang; Matsumoto

• Book ID: 104458621
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 319 KB
• Volume: 138
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-0963
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02090.x

✦ Synopsis

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.