Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria longipes in an immunosuppressed patient.
Alternaria longipes was reported as the agent of a cutaneous infection in a patient with a neoplastic disease. The fungus has not been reported previously as causing disease in humans. It was distinguished by its rather small conidia with smooth or slightly verruculose walls and a pale brown beak which rarely extended into a secondary conidiophore. In vitro inhibitory activities of amphotericin B, ketoconazole, itraconazole, and miconazole were shown.
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Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
Azón-Masoliver
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Guarro
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Ballester
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Pujol
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Llovera
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Ferrer
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D000528:Alternaria / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D005542:Forearm / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D010503:Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction
D000935:Antifungal Agents