Disseminated infection with Nattrassia mangiferae in an immunosuppressed patient.
Disseminated infection with the coelomycetous fungus Nattrassia mangiferae is a very rare disease affecting only the immunocompromised host. We report the first case of a disseminated infection with spondylodiscitis and granular skin lesions due to N. mangiferae in a renal transplant patient.
Willinger
Birgit
B
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, University of Vienna and Internal Medicine I, General Hospital, St. Pölten, Austria. birgit.willinger@akh-wien.ac.at
Kopetzky
Gerhard
G
Harm
Ferdinand
F
Apfalter
Petra
P
Makristathis
Athanasios
A
Berer
Andrea
A
Bankier
Alexander
A
Winkler
Stefan
S
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000666:Amphotericin B