Chromoblastomycosis in a patient with a cardiac transplant.
Cases of chromoblastomycosis have been reported in immunocompromised patients. However, chromoblastomycosis is rarely caused by Exophiala jeanselmei. While this organism has been reported to induce pheohyphomycosis in a recipient of a cardiac transplant, chromoblastomycosis has not been described. We present a case of chromoblastomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei in a patient who had received a cardiac transplant.
Kinkead
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Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-5229, USA.
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Stasko
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Boyd
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D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005093:Exophiala / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged