Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei after renal transplantation.
A 60-year-old man who had had a renal transplantation developed a nodule on the dorsum of his right middle finger, which was subsequently diagnosed as cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei. The patient was successfully treated with 5-fluorocytosine. To our knowledge, this case is the third reported case in the world caused by this species in a postrenal transplant patient that manifested as phaeohyphomycosis.
Hachisuka
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Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
Matsumoto
T
T
Kusuhara
M
M
Nomura
H
H
Nakano
S
S
Sasai
Y
Y
D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification
D005437:Flucytosine