Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in a renal transplant recipient

Authors
Halaby, T Boots, H Vermeulen, A van der Ven, A Beguin, H van Hooff, H Jacobs, J
Citation
T. Halaby et al., Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in a renal transplant recipient, J CLIN MICR, 39(5), 2001, pp. 1952-1955
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1952 - 1955
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200105)39:5<1952:PCBAII>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We report on a case of phaeohyphomycosis caused bg 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 ant ifungal therapy first with itraconazole and subsequently with liposomal amp hotericin B, for 39 days. At a 20-month follow-up visit, no recurrence of t he skin lesions or the pulmonary infiltrates had occurred.