Cutaneous infection by different Alternaria species in a liver transplant recipient

Medical Mycology Case Reports
Susana BrásCristina Veríssimo

Abstract

Fungal invasive infections are rare in general population but are an emergent cause of infection in the immunocompromized population, especially in the solid organ transplant recipients. Herein the authors report a clinical case of a liver transplanted patient suffering a cutaneous co-existent infection with A. alternata as well as A. infectoria. To our knowledge this is the first case of cutaneous concomitant infection due to those two species reported not only in Portugal but also worldwide. The patient was treated with surgical excision of the lesions and oral itraconazol without relapse.

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
KP171632
KP171633

Methods Mentioned

BETA
biopsies
biopsy
fluorescence microscopy

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Chromas2
CLUSTAL X2

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