Disseminated Candida tropicalis presenting with Ecthyma-Gangrenosum-like Lesions

Dermatol Online J. 2016 Jan 15;22(1):13030/qt7vg4n68j.

Abstract

Disseminated candidiasis in immunosuppressed patients has been classically associated with an erythematous papular eruption, however more severe presentations are possible. We present a patient who developed disseminated Candida tropicalis that presented with hemorrhagic bullae that progressed to large necrotic ulcers.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Candida tropicalis / isolation & purification*
  • Candidiasis
  • Candidiasis, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
  • Candidiasis, Cutaneous / microbiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ecthyma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Skin / pathology*
  • Young Adult