Chromomycosis in a European renal transplant recipient

Franco, A; Aranda, Ignacio; Fernández, María Josefa Sánchez; Arroyo, M. A.; Navas, Francisco Granados; Albero, D.; Olivares, José

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027370

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“…Cutaneous lesions, relatively rare in OTR, are indurated, verruciform and ulcerative, often mimicking squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Diagnosis is confirmed by skin biopsy and culture [20]. …”

Section: Chromomycosismentioning

confidence: 96%

Skin Manifestations in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Tsambaos

Badavanis

2001

Skin Pharmacol Physiol

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Section: Chromomycosismentioning

confidence: 96%

Skin Manifestations in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Tsambaos

Badavanis

2001

Skin Pharmacol Physiol

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“…Culture and microscopic examination remain the definitive methods to identify these fungi. Skin infections can be seen in immunocompetent hosts with soil‐contaminated wounds or with the introduction of foreign bodies into the skin, but it is now known to have been documented as causing cutaneous infection to invasive and potentially life‐threatening infections in humans . Among immunocompromised patients, organ transplant recipients may be at particularly higher risk.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the literature, the association between A. pullulans spp. and human infectious diseases is described as being mainly associated to skin, soft tissue infections, fungemia (septicemia), systemic infections, and abscesses in different viscera …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disseminated fungal infection by Aureobasidium pullulans in a renal transplant recipient

Nalçacıoğlu

Yakupoğlu

Genç

et al. 2018

Pediatric Transplantation

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Renal transplant recipients are on long-term potent immunosuppressive therapy, which makes them highly vulnerable to opportunistic fungal infections. Dematiaceous, or dark-pigmented saprophytic fungi, are being increasingly seen as opportunistic pathogens of mycoses in immunosuppressed patients. One of these is Aureobasidium pullulans, which is a black yeast-like dematiaceous fungus found ubiquitously in the environment that can cause various opportunistic human infections. Most infections occur by traumatic inoculation, such as keratitis and cutaneous lesions; disseminated mycoses are very rare and occur only in severely immunocompromised patients. We report a case of disseminated fungal infection due to A. pullulans in a pediatric patient who underwent renal transplant. The use of voriconazole and vacuum-assisted closure along with surgical drainage most likely contributed to the patient's positive outcome.

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“…Solid organ transplantation is not a common practice in countries where chromoblastomycosis is endemic, such as Madagascar or Brazil (7). Indeed, only 6 cases of chromoblastomycosis have been reported in solid organ transplanted patients, all in renal transplant recipients (8–12).…”

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confidence: 99%

Unusual presentation of chromoblastomycosis due toCladophialophora carrioniiin a renal and pancreas transplant recipient patient successfully treated with posaconazole and surgical excision

Dupont

Duong

Mallet

et al. 2010

Transplant Infectious Disease

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Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, tropical and subtropical, subcutaneous mycosis caused by inoculation of dematiaceous molds. This disease is uncommonly reported in patients who have undergone solid organ transplantation. We describe a case of chromoblastomycosis caused by Cladophialophora carrionii that occurred 7 years after transplantation in a 58-year-old male renal and pancreatic transplant recipient. Diagnosis was based on histopathology and isolation of multiple colonies of the dematiaceous mold in pure culture. Identification was achieved by sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer regions of the rRNA. The patient was successfully treated with posaconazole and surgical excision of a residual lesion.

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Chromomycosis in a European renal transplant recipient

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Skin Manifestations in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Skin Manifestations in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Disseminated fungal infection by Aureobasidium pullulans in a renal transplant recipient

Unusual presentation of chromoblastomycosis due toCladophialophora carrioniiin a renal and pancreas transplant recipient patient successfully treated with posaconazole and surgical excision

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