2016
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.171013
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Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis: A case report and literature review

Abstract: We report a case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis. An adult male presented with a 1 month history of erythematous swelling and ulcer on the right forearm. E. dermatitidis was identified from the lesion through microscopic examination, in vitro culture, cutaneous biopsy and molecular analysis. He was treated with oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) and showed improvement.

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“…Several different species of Exophiala have been documented, with E. dermatitidis being known to cause cutaneous and subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis [ 7 ]. Systemic infections are rare with an extensive literature review in 2013 documenting 40 cases [ 5 , 8 , 9 ]. Despite identification of E. dermatitidis in environmental samples globally, disseminated human infection is extremely rare in North America and nearly all cases are reported from Asia [ 7 , 9 ].…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Several different species of Exophiala have been documented, with E. dermatitidis being known to cause cutaneous and subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis [ 7 ]. Systemic infections are rare with an extensive literature review in 2013 documenting 40 cases [ 5 , 8 , 9 ]. Despite identification of E. dermatitidis in environmental samples globally, disseminated human infection is extremely rare in North America and nearly all cases are reported from Asia [ 7 , 9 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infections are typically seen in immunocompromised hosts such as transplant recipients and manifest as subcutaneous disease [ 6 , 7 ]. Systemic infections are rare and associated with significant morbidity and mortality [ 5 , 8 , 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To date, introducing heat conductive fillers into PI matrix is a common and efficient way to improve the thermal conductivity (TC) of composites 20 . For example, Kim et al fabricated BN/PI composite films containing a 3D network via emulsion method, the final thermal diffusivity of composites reach to 1.033 mm 2 /s with filler content of 80 wt% 21 . As reported previously, Hu et al introduced hybrid fillers of BN‐OH and dopamine functionalized AlN into PI matrix, obtaining hBN/AlN/PI composite whose TC values reached 1.01 Wm −1 K −1 at the filler loading of 25 wt% 22 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of all Exophiala species, Exophiala dermatitidis ( E. dermatitidis ) and Exophiala spinifera ( E. spinifera ) are associated with the most severe infections, which in systemic cases have high mortality rates of up to 80% (Rajam et al, 1958 ; Crosby et al, 1989 ; Campos-Takaki and Jardim, 1994 ; de Hoog et al, 2005 ; Radhakrishnan et al, 2010 ; Li et al, 2011 ; Patel et al, 2013 ; Hu et al, 2014 ; Wang et al, 2015 ; Chen et al, 2016 ). As a possible explanation of their relatively high virulence compared to other Exophiala species, the occurrence of extracellular polysaccharide on yeast cells has been mentioned, masking the cells for human phagocytes upon tissue invasion (Yurlova and de Hoog, 2002 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%