Open AccessFirst U.S. Report of Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused byVeronaea botryosain a Heart Transplant Recipient and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Deanna A. Sutton,
Michael G. Rinaldi,
Marcia A. Kielhofner
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.42.6.2843-2846.2004
Subject(s) - phaeohyphomycosis , mycosis , medicine , heart transplantation , dermatology , pathology , transplantation , immunology , surgery
Veronaea botryosa is a rare agent of human phaeohyphomycosis. We describe the first case of subcutaneous disease occurring in the United States, alert clinicians to the second report of a transplant-associated mycosis in a heart transplant recipient, extend the previously defined area of endemicity, and review the literature.