SUBCUTANEOUS PHEOHYPHOMYCOSIS IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
JHA V KRISHNA VS CHAKRABARTI A SHARMA PK SUD K KOHLI HS SAKHUJA V
Citation
V. Jha et al., SUBCUTANEOUS PHEOHYPHOMYCOSIS IN A RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, American journal of kidney diseases, 28(1), 1996, pp. 137-139
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
American journal of kidney diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
02726386
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
137 - 139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-6386(1996)28:1<137:SPIARR>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by dematiaceous fungi has rarely been described in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of sub cutaneous infection caused by Phialophora parasitica in a renal transp lant recipient, The role of early identification of the offending fung al species followed by a wide local excision in the management of such patients has been discussed. (C) 1996 by the National Kidney Foundati on, Inc.