Cutaneous infection by different Alternaria species in a liver transplant recipient.
Fungal invasive infections are rare in general population but are an emergent cause of infection in the immunocompromized population, especially in the solid organ transplant recipients. Herein the authors report a clinical case of a liver transplanted patient suffering a cutaneous co-existent infection with A. alternata as well as A. infectoria. To our knowledge this is the first case of cutaneous concomitant infection due to those two species reported not only in Portugal but also worldwide. The patient was treated with surgical excision of the lesions and oral itraconazol without relapse.
Departement of Dermatology and Venereology, Curry Cabral Hospital - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
Susana
S
Brás
Laboratório Nacional de Referência de Infecções Parasitárias e Fúngicas, Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
Raquel
R
Sabino
Departement of Dermatology and Venereology, Curry Cabral Hospital - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
André
A
Laureano
Laboratório Nacional de Referência de Infecções Parasitárias e Fúngicas, Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
Helena
H
Simões
Departement of Dermatology and Venereology, Curry Cabral Hospital - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
Cândida
C
Fernandes
Departement of Dermatology and Venereology, Curry Cabral Hospital - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
Gabriela
G
Marques-Pinto
Departement of Dermatology and Venereology, Curry Cabral Hospital - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jorge
J
Cardoso
Laboratório Nacional de Referência de Infecções Parasitárias e Fúngicas, Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.
Cristina
C
Veríssimo
Alternaria; Dermatomycosis; Immunocompromised host; Liver transplantation; Phaeohyphomycosis