Infection of burn wound by Aspergillus fumigatus with gross appearance of fungal colonies

Anh-Tram Que; Ngoc-Minh Thai Nguyen; Ngoc-Anh Do; Nhu-Lam Nguyen; Ngoc-Dung Tran; Tran-Anh Le

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.03.002

Infection of burn wound by Aspergillus fumigatus with gross appearance of fungal colonies

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2019 Mar 15:24:30-32. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.03.002. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Anh-Tram Que¹, Ngoc-Minh Thai Nguyen², Ngoc-Anh Do³, Nhu-Lam Nguyen², Ngoc-Dung Tran⁴, Tran-Anh Le³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Tropical Disease, Vinh Hospital of Friendship General, Lenin Boulevard, Vinh, Nghe An, Viet Nam.
² Intensive Care Unit, National Institute of Burn, 263 Phung Hung, Ha Dong, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
³ Department of Parasitology, Vietnam Military Medical University, 160 Phung Hung, Ha Dong, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Hospital 103, Vietnam Military Medical University, 261 Phung Hung, Ha Dong, Ha Noi, Viet Nam.

Abstract

The morbidity of invasive aspergillosis in burn patients is low but the diagnosis is difficult and the mortality rate is high. A severe burned patient at the Vietnam National Institute of Burn was suspected of fungal wound infection (FWI) with fungal growth on the wound. The diagnosis of FWI caused by Aspergillus fumigatus was made by isolation and histological examination. This may be the first reported case of FWI caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in Vietnam.

Keywords: Aspergillosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Burn wound infections; Burns; Vietnam.

Publication types

Case Reports