Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria infectoria presenting as multiple vegetating lesions in a renal transplant patient

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-46

  Cunha, Daniela ^a   Amaro, Cristina ^a   Vieira, María Raquel ^a   Martins, María da Luz ^b   Maduro, Ana Paula ^b   Inácio, João ^c   Afonso, Ana ^a   Pinto, Gabriela Marques ^a   Cardoso, Jorge ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Immunocompromised patient; Itraconazole; Kidney transplantation; Mycosis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RIBOSOME DNA; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA INFECTORIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE VERRUCOUS LESION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE;

ALTERNARIOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

ALTERNARIA; LEWIA INFECTORIA;

EID: 84856638781     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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