Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria in a Renal Transplant Recipient

AUTOR(ES)

Halaby, Teysir

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We report on a case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in a renal transplant recipient with pulmonary infiltrates and multiple skin lesions. Diagnosis was based on microscopy and culture of the skin lesions. Treatment consisted of a combination of surgical excision and systemic antifungal therapy, first with itraconazole and subsequently with liposomal amphotericin B, for 39 days. At a 20-month follow-up visit, no recurrence of the skin lesions or the pulmonary infiltrates had occurred.

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