Chromomycosis due to Exophiala jeanselmei in a renal transplant recipient.
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.
Peña-Penabad
Carmen
C
Department of Dermatology, Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo, Servicio de Dermatología, Xubias de Arriba, 84, 15006. a Coruña, Spain.
Durán
María Teresa
MT
Yebra
María Teresa
MT
Rodríguez-Lozano
Jesús
J
Vieira
Vanessa
V
Fonseca
Eduardo
E
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