Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
Online Publication Date:
Aug 1993

Subcutaneous alternariosis of the foot in a patient on corticosteroids

AA RichardsonGundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, WI.

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WA AggerGundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, WI.

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JB RingstromGundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, WI.

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MJ KemnitzGundersen Clinic and Lutheran Hospital, La Crosse, WI.

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To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of alternariosis involving the subcutaneous tissues of the foot. Podiatrists are likely to see more of this condition and other unusual fungi causing deep foot infections in the future because of the increasing population of immunocompromised patients.