Dermal alternariasis in a kidney transplant recipient.
Dermal alternariasis represents one of the new infectious diseases related to immunodepression, especially in kidney recipients. Periodic acid-Schiff and Grocott stains of paraffin sections and mycological cultures must be resorted to in order to establish the diagnosis. Ketoconazole should be the best treatment.
D000328:Adult; D000528:Alternaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001706:Biopsy; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
D007654:Ketoconazole