Scedosporium infection in a patient with anti-tnfα therapy
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Caroline T Nguyen; Siba P Raychaudhuri
- Source
- Indian Journal of Dermatology, Vol 56, Iss 1, Pp 82-83 (2011)
- Subject
- Scedosporium
anti-TNF therapy
immunocompromised
Dermatology
RL1-803
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0019-5154
1998-3611
Patients on anti-TNFα therapy are at increased risk for rare opportunistic infections. Here we are reporting a case of Scedosporium apiospermum infection in a patient treated with anti-TNF for 5 years. Patients on anti-TNFα need close follow-up and clinicians should be suspicious for atypical infections in these immunocompromised hosts.