Onychomycosis Associated with Superficial Skin Infection Due to Aspergillus sydowii in an Immunocompromised Patient.

Onychomycosis Associated with Superficial Skin Infection Due to Aspergillus sydowii in an Immunocompromised Patient.

Mycopathologia. 2019 Sep 09;:

Authors: Borgohain P, Barua P, Dutta PJ, Shaw D, Rudramurthy SM

Abstract
Opportunistic fungal infections of the skin and nail are frequently encountered in human. Recent years have shown increased incidence of fungal infections especially in immunocompromised patients. Onychomycosis in HIV-infected patients is reported to occur in 15-40%, four times more than in the general population. Here, we report a case of fingernail proximal subungual onychomycosis with associated skin infection caused by an opportunistic mold, Aspergillus sydowii, in a HIV positive individual. Isolation of A. sydowii from nail and skin of an immunocompromised person needs accurate identification for successful treatment.

PMID: 31502093 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

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