Phaeohyphomycosis in kidney transplant patients

Dematiaceous fungi are being increasingly recognized as pathogens in organ transplant recipients. This investigation reports five cases of subcutaneou s phaeohyphomycosis that occurred in five kidney transplant recipients in t he Renal Unit at the San Vicente de Paul Hospital, Medellin, Colombia. Fung i of the genus Exophiala were isolated in three cases, but the agent was no t identified in two cases. Physicians are likely to develop increased aware ness of the clinical manifestation of infection with the dematiaceous fungi as the population of immunocompromised hosts continues to grow.