Cutaneous Scedosporiosis

    October 2010 in “ EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) ”
    R.; id_orcid 0000-0001-6163-9164 Waalboer-Spuij, J. E.M. De Steenwinkel, A. A.M. Biemans, H. B. Thio
    TLDR A fungal skin infection was successfully treated with medication and compression therapy.
    A 72-year-old Portuguese woman with immunosuppression and dysregulated diabetes developed painful erythematous lesions and oozing nodules on her right lower leg and foot. Scedosporium apiospermum was identified as the cause. The condition, cutaneous scedosporiosis, was successfully treated with voriconazole and intermittent pneumatic compression.
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