title: Chromomycosis due to Exophiala jeanselmei in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: Chromomycosis is a rare mycotic infection that is more frequent in tropical and subtropical regions. Dematiaceous fungi are the causal agents of this mycosis. Several cases of chromomycosis in organ transplant recipients have been reported. We present a case of chromomycosis by Exophiala jeanselmei in a Spanish male who had received a renal transplant several months previously, and was receiving treatment with tacrolimus, prednisone and mycophenolate mofetil. Very few cases of chromomycosis due to Exophiala have been reported, and this is, to our knowledge, the first European case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo, Servicio de Dermatología, Xubias de Arriba, 84, 15006. a Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peña-Penabad
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Durán
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Yebra
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Lozano
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005093:Exophiala / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology