Nasal cutaneous infection in a healthy boy caused by Fusarium moniliforme. 2013

Xiaoxiao Yan, and Changping Yu, and Zhongxiang Shi, and Shufen Wang, and Furen Zhang
Shandong Provincial Medical Center for Dermatovenereology, Jinan, Shandong, China.

A healthy 10-year-old Chinese boy developed verrucous plaques on the nose. The fungus was identified as Fusarium moniliforme via culture of biopsy fragments. The patient had normal immune status and was successfully treated with oral itraconazole (100 mg/day) for 2 months and application of oral itraconazole and topical sertaconazole nitrate cream. Fusarium is a ubiquitous hyalohyphomycete isolated from food that is also widespread in the environment and is present at all latitudes. Infections due to this mold may be disseminated or localized. Fusarium species have been known to colonize the cornea, nails, and burn eschars in otherwise healthy patients. Cutaneous and disseminated infections have been reported mostly in immunocompromised hosts. Here we describe an unusual case of localized infection caused by Fusarium moniliforme in an otherwise healthy child, with significant improvement after 2 months of oral itraconazole and topical sertaconazole nitrate cream therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009666 Nose A part of the upper respiratory tract. It contains the organ of SMELL. The term includes the external nose, the nasal cavity, and the PARANASAL SINUSES. External Nose,External Noses,Nose, External,Noses,Noses, External
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003872 Dermatitis Any inflammation of the skin. Dermatitides
D005670 Fusarium A mitosporic Hypocreales fungal genus, various species of which are important parasitic pathogens of plants and a variety of vertebrates. Teleomorphs include GIBBERELLA. Fusariums
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D060585 Fusariosis OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS with the soil fungus FUSARIUM. Typically the infection is limited to the nail plate (ONYCHOMYCOSIS). The infection can however become systemic especially in an IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST (e.g., NEUTROPENIA) and results in cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions, fever, KERATITIS, and pulmonary infections. Disseminated Fusariosis,Fusarium Infection,Invasive Fusariosis,Invasive Pulmonary Fusariosis,Pulmonary Fusariosis,Disseminated Fusarioses,Fusarioses,Fusarioses, Disseminated,Fusarioses, Invasive,Fusarioses, Invasive Pulmonary,Fusarioses, Pulmonary,Fusariosis, Disseminated,Fusariosis, Invasive,Fusariosis, Invasive Pulmonary,Fusariosis, Pulmonary,Fusarium Infections,Infection, Fusarium,Infections, Fusarium,Invasive Fusarioses,Invasive Pulmonary Fusarioses,Pulmonary Fusarioses

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