A rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to Veronaea botryosa and review of literature

Anne Welfringer; Valérie Vuong; Nicolas Argy; Christian Chochillon; Lydia Deschamps; Guillaume Rollin; Stanislas Harent; Véronique Joly; William Vindrios; Vincent Descamps

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.02.001

A rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to Veronaea botryosa and review of literature

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2017 Feb 5:15:21-24. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.02.001. eCollection 2017 Mar.

Affiliations

¹ Department of dermatology, Hospital Bichat, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
² Department of Parasitology-mycology, Hospital Bichat, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
³ Department of Pathology, Hospital Bichat, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Infectious diseases, Hospital Bichat, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France.

Abstract

We report a rare case of phaehyphomycosis in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient Togo native patient. Four months after the transplant, he presented painless nodules on the right heel with superficial ulceration. The polyphasic identification uncovered a rare cause of phaehyphomycose: V. botryosa. The treatment combined surgical excision of the lesions and anti-fungal therapy with posaconazole. We discussed eleven reported cases in literature since 1990.

Keywords: Heart transplant recipient; Immunosuppression; Phaeohyphomycosis; V. botryosa.