Fatal disseminated infection due to Sarocladium kiliense in a diabetic patient with COVID-19

Maryam Ranjbar-Mobarake; Jamileh Nowroozi; Parisa Badiee; Sayed Nassereddin Mostafavi; Rasoul Mohammadi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4596

Fatal disseminated infection due to Sarocladium kiliense in a diabetic patient with COVID-19

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Sep 27;9(9):e04596. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4596. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Maryam Ranjbar-Mobarake¹, Jamileh Nowroozi¹, Parisa Badiee², Sayed Nassereddin Mostafavi³, Rasoul Mohammadi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology North branch Islamic Azad University Tehran Iran.
² Clinical Microbiology Research Center Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz Iran.
³ Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.
⁴ Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.

Abstract

Sarocladium kiliense is a soil saprophytic mold with worldwide distribution, which can infect humans and other mammals, sporadically. The clinical manifestations include mycetoma, onychomycosis, keratomycosis, pneumonia, and arthritis. Here, we present a disseminated infection due to S. kiliense in a diabetic patient infected to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Isfahan, Iran.

Keywords: COVID‐19; Sarocladium kiliense; diabetic patient; disseminated infection.

Publication types

Case Reports