J Infect Dev Ctries 2011 May 28;5(5):406-9

Isolated cutaneous aspergillosis in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

Tunçcan ÖG, Aki ŞZ, Akyürek N, Sucak G, Şenol E.
Departments of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University Ankara, Turkey. oguzel@gazi.edu.tr

Abstract

Cutaneous aspergillosis is very rare and occurs predominantly in immunocompromised patients including transplant recipients. We report a 26-year-old male with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed cutaneous aspergillosis after undergoing combined immunosuppressive treatment including corticosteroid, cyclosporine A, mychophenolate mofetil and mesenchymal stem cells for steroid refractory skin acute graft versus host disease after myeloablative haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.  The patient was treated with oral voriconazole therapy and recovered partially.