RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Cutaneous Scedosporium apiospermum infection in an immunocompromised patient. JF Journal of Clinical Pathology JO J Clin Pathol FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists SP 846 OP 848 DO 10.1136/jcp.52.11.846 VO 52 IS 11 A1 Bower, C P A1 Oxley, J D A1 Campbell, C K A1 Archer, C B YR 1999 UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/52/11/846.abstract AB Scedosporium apiospermum infection occurred in the left forearm of a patient who was taking oral prednisolone for pulmonary fibrosis. The infection appeared to follow a scratch from a blackcurrant bush. This is the first reported case in the United Kingdom of a cutaneous infection from Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompromised patient.