TO STUDY CUTANEOUS ASPERGILLOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS IN SOUTH INDIA
Cutaneous aspergillosis is a rare disease that is usually seen in immunosuppressed patients. It is rarely found in immunocompetent patients and it is mostly caused by Aspergillus. flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, and rarely by Aspergillus niger. Cutaneous Aspergillosis is of two types: primary or secondary. Primary cutaneous aspergillosis frequently involves sites of skin injury, at or near intravenous catheter sites, at sites associated with occlusive dressings, at sites of traumatic inoculation, surgery or burns. Secondary cutaneous lesions occur as a result of either from widespread blood-borne seeding of the skin or it may occur from contiguous extension to the skin from an infected underlying structure. Primary cutaneous aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients has been well described in extensive investigations. Though in immunocompetent hosts, primary cutaneous infection of aspergillus occurs rarely and residue poorly characterized in connected with Aspergillosis. This aim of the study the prevalence of cutaneous aspergillosis in an immunocommpromised patients. In present study “primary Cutaneous aspergillosis” was conducted at SLIMS,Pondicherry and BMCH,Chennai, March 10, 2019. Only patient history that provided the subsequent in order were integrated in this examination: patient baseline distinctiveness such as age, sex, underlying condition evidence of confirmed PCA. Out of 120 patients were 82 male (68.3%). The mean were 29.4,± 30. Ages ranged from infants to 81 years. The most popular of patients were adults from between 18 and 65 years of age. An array of underlying situation were encountered, the most frequent being blood malignancy (87.5%), followed by HIV/ AIDS (32.5%) and neonatal status (23.3%). Here 13.3%A of cases were reported with no diagnosed risk factors. Primary cutaneous aspergillosis may possibly arise in immunocompetent hosts. The preliminary lesions may come out in dissimilar forms such as macules, papules, nodules, and oplaques. Repeated biopsy, both culture and histopathology is considered necessary