angioinvasive fungal infection

Etiology

• organisms
  • Mucorales,
    • Aspergillus (aspergillosis)
    • Fusarium
    • Pseudallescheria
• risk factors
  • neutropenic solid organ transplant patients
  • burn victims

Pathology

• localiazed infection may become systemic

Clinical manifestations

• retiform purpura

More general terms

• mycosis; fungal infection