OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTION BY FUSARIUM-OXYSPORUM IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT PATIENT

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 17  (3) , 219-223
Abstract
A white female with chronic glomerular nephritis received a renal transplant in 1971. After 1 yr, livedo reticularis (LR) developed and in 1976 erythematous, painful nodules formed on the LR and ulcerated. The patient suffered diffuse calcification of the major blood vessels and small arterioles of the extremities with progressive necrosis and gangrene of the fingers. Hyperparathyroidism was evident. The necrotic ulcers yielded Candida albicans and Fusarium oxysporum; both organisms were seen in histological preparations. The ulcers were excised and grafted; no specific anti-fungal therapy was given.

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