<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Articles><Article><id>916</id><JournalTitle>TO STUDY CUTANEOUS ASPERGILLOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENTS IN SOUTH INDIA</JournalTitle><Abstract>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</Abstract><Email>drvrvkk@gmail.com</Email><articletype>Research</articletype><volume>10</volume><issue>3</issue><year>2019</year><keyword>Aspergillus fumigatus, cutaneous aspergillosis, immunocompetent</keyword><AUTHORS>Satti Madhuri,Somarouthu Vijaya Jyothi</AUTHORS><afflication>Associate Professor of Dermatology, Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India,Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondichery, India.</afflication></Article></Articles>