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. 1999 Nov;52(11):846–848. doi: 10.1136/jcp.52.11.846

Cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection in an immunocompromised patient.

C P Bower 1, J D Oxley 1, C K Campbell 1, C B Archer 1
PMCID: PMC501599  PMID: 10690177

Abstract

Scedosporium apiospermum infection occurred in the left forearm of a patient who was taking oral prednisolone for pulmonary fibrosis. The infection appeared to follow a scratch from a blackcurrant bush. This is the first reported case in the United Kingdom of a cutaneous infection from Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompromised patient.

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