Fusarium spp: a rare cutaneous opportunistic infection in a woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and multiple skin lesions

Abstract

BACKGROUNDPatients with SLE appear to have an increased risk for infections due to defects of the immune system. Disease activity is a risk factor for infections, especially when it includes organ involvement such as the kidney. Fungal diseases are common and potentially serious in immunosuppressed patients. Fusarium spp. is an opportunistic fungus. Fusarium infection can be localized, focally invasive, or disseminated and represents a complication of high morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised. We report a case of fusariosis in an immunocompromised patient with refractory lupus nephritis.