Diffuse primary cutaneous infection by
Alternaria alternata
Immunocompromised host
Liver transplantation
Nocardiosis
Phaeohyphomycosis
Journal
Medical mycology case reports
ISSN: 2211-7539
Titre abrégé: Med Mycol Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101598259
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
Historique:
received:
23
03
2020
revised:
19
04
2020
accepted:
21
04
2020
entrez:
19
5
2020
pubmed:
19
5
2020
medline:
19
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Fungal infections are rare in the general population but are an emerging cause of disease in immunosuppressed patients, especially solid organ transplant recipients. Here, we report the case of a female Caucasian liver transplant patient who developed pulmonary nocardiosis two months after an episode of liver rejection. At the time of lung nocardiosis, she was being treated with tacrolimus and corticosteroids and suffered from diffuse papular skin lesions. She was initially suspected of having a cutaneous nocardial infection but culture examination revealed the presence of a dematiaceous fungus;
Identifiants
pubmed: 32420014
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.04.007
pii: S2211-7539(20)30027-0
pmc: PMC7218148
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
42-45Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. All the authors agree on the final version of the manuscript.
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