Sporotrichosis in a liver transplant patient: A case report and literature review

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2017 Jun 20:17:25-27. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.005. eCollection 2017 Sep.

Abstract

The liver transplant patient was admitted to the hospital with hyperemic, granulomatous, ulcerated lesion in the anterior compartment of the right lower limb with report of local trauma. The agent Sporothrix schenckii was isolated from biopsy of the lesion and lymph nodes of the right lower limb. In this case, the treatment was difficult because the patient has severe pulmonary hypertension and took the following drugs: warfarin, sildenafil, and tacrolimus. These medicines interact with the antifungal, which made it difficult.

Keywords: Fungal infections; Liver transplantation; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis; Transplant.