Invasive burn wound infection due to Curvularia species.

A 3-year-old white-skinned female sustained a 44 per cent deep partial and full skin thickness burn due to petrol. She developed an invasive wound infection due to a fungus later identified as Curvularia species, an organism, usually a saprophyte, not previously reported as a cause of invasive burn wound infection. Treatment with surgical excision and Amphotericin B resulted in cure.