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A Case of Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Exophiala oligosperma in a Renal Transplant Patient Successfully Treated with Posaconazole

Asaph C Levy1, Sameer Rehman1, Deanna A Sutton2, Katy I Burris1, David A Hirschwerk1, Sheng Chen1, Nathan P Wiederhold2, Hongxin Fan2, Jonathan Lindner2, Madhu Bhaskaran1, Nicole M Ali1, Horacio L Rilo1 and Ernesto P Molmenti1
  • 1 North Shore University Hospital, United States
  • 2 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States

Abstract

Phaeohyphomycosis is an uncommon mycotic infection caused by dematiaceous fungi. We report a 53-year-old male who presented with phaeohyphomycosis on his upper extremities, 6 months after renal transplantation. Biopsy revealed pigmented moniliform hyphae and cultures grew Exophiala oligosperma. The lesions completely resolved after 3 months of treatment with posaconazole.

American Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 11 No. 1, 2015, 15-19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2015.15.19

Submitted On: 20 April 2015 Published On: 22 June 2015

How to Cite: Levy, A. C., Rehman, S., Sutton, D. A., Burris, K. I., Hirschwerk, D. A., Chen, S., Wiederhold, N. P., Fan, H., Lindner, J., Bhaskaran, M., Ali, N. M., Rilo, H. L. & Molmenti, E. P. (2015). A Case of Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Exophiala oligosperma in a Renal Transplant Patient Successfully Treated with Posaconazole. American Journal of Infectious Diseases, 11(1), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2015.15.19

Open AccessCopyright: © 2015 Asaph C Levy, Sameer Rehman, Deanna A Sutton, Katy I Burris, David A Hirschwerk, Sheng Chen, Nathan P Wiederhold, Hongxin Fan, Jonathan Lindner, Madhu Bhaskaran, Nicole M Ali, Horacio L Rilo and Ernesto P Molmenti. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Phaeohyphomycosis
  • Exophiala
  • oligosperma
  • Dematiaceous
  • Posaconazole