OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS with the soil fungus FUSARIUM. Typically the infection is limited to the nail plate (ONYCHOMYCOSIS). The infection can however become systemic especially in an IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST (e.g., NEUTROPENIA) and results in cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions, fever, KERATITIS, and pulmonary infections.
Also Known As:
Disseminated Fusariosis; Fusarium Infection; Invasive Fusariosis; Invasive Pulmonary Fusariosis; Pulmonary Fusariosis; Disseminated Fusarioses; Fusarioses; Fusarioses, Disseminated; Fusarioses, Invasive; Fusarioses, Invasive Pulmonary; Fusarioses, Pulmonary; Fusariosis, Disseminated; Fusariosis, Invasive; Fusariosis, Invasive Pulmonary; Fusariosis, Pulmonary; Fusarium Infections; Infection, Fusarium; Infections, Fusarium; Invasive Fusarioses; Invasive Pulmonary Fusarioses; Pulmonary Fusarioses