Fusarium solani

Fusarium solani is a filamentous ubiquitary yeast belonging to the Fusarium family, which includes several species. It is a pathogen that infects plants, but it can also infect immunodepressed patients (Venditti et al., Rev Infect Dis 10:653–60, 1988). The prognosis is severe (Rabodonirina et al., Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 13:152–61, 1994). Known risk factors are neutropenia and trauma. Sites of entry are the skin (cellulitis), nails (onychomycosis), lungs (sinuses, lungs), and eyes (keratitis) (Chang et al., JAMA 296:953–63, 2006). Dissemination is carried out via blood and induces fever in most cases.