Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in a renal transplant recipient

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 May;39(5):1952-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1952-1955.2001.

Abstract

We report on a case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by 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 antifungal therapy, first with itraconazole and subsequently with liposomal amphotericin B, for 39 days. At a 20-month follow-up visit, no recurrence of the skin lesions or the pulmonary infiltrates had occurred.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alternaria / isolation & purification*
  • Dermatomycoses / diagnosis
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoses / diagnosis
  • Mycoses / microbiology*
  • Skin / microbiology