title: Case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Phaeoacremonium sp. in a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: We describe a case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in a 61-year-old man receiving re-dialysis treatment for renal failure of a transplanted kidney. He was immunocompromised with steroid and cyclosporin A at onset of an asymptomatic abscess on his right forearm. The abscess arose at the site of a skin injury approximately 1 year prior. Grayish molds isolated from the lesion were morphologically compatible with Phaeoacremonium sp. but nucleotide sequence data of internal transcribed spacer regions of ribosomal RNA gene, actin and β-tubulin genes were unlike those of any described species. He was successfully treated with a total of 3 weeks of liposomal amphotericin B, but died of pneumonia approximately 3 months after cure of phaeohyphomycosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Research Institute of Medical Science, Uchinada, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Asuka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitayama
authors.forename: Rieko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Kazushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Anzawa
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D060446:Phaeohyphomycosis / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: Phaeoacremonium; abscess; cutaneous infection; phaeohyphomycosis; renal transplant recipient