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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 651-655, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01502-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Recurrent Disseminated Skin Lesions Due to Metarrhizium anisopliae in an Adult Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia{triangledown}

S. Osorio,1 R. de la Cámara,2* M. C. Monteserin,1 R. Granados,3 F. Oña,1 J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela,4 and M. Cuenca-Estrella4

Department of Haematology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain,1 Department of Haematology, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain,2 Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain,3 Department of Mycology, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain4

Received 20 July 2006/ Returned for modification 25 August 2006/ Accepted 28 November 2006

Metarrhizium anisopliae is a common insect pathogen that rarely causes infection in animals and humans. We report the first case of a disseminated skin infection in an immunocompromised adult patient. To date, only five cases of the disease in humans have been reported. There is no standard treatment for this infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Haematology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León no. 62, Madrid 28006, Spain. Phone: 34 91 520 24 31. Fax: 34 91 520 23 26. E-mail: jrcamara{at}telefonica.net.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 6 December 2006.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 651-655, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01502-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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