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Cutaneous infection with Alternaria tenuissima in an immunocompromised patient
Author(s) -
Robertshaw H.,
Higgins E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06833.x
Subject(s) - alternaria , medicine , dermatology , fungi imperfecti , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , immunology , botany
Summary A 28‐year‐old man, on immunosuppressive therapy for a recent kidney–pancreas transplant, presented to our department with an unusual violaceous nodule on his right knee. A biopsy specimen showed a granulomatous response in the dermis, surrounding numerous fungal cells and septate hyphae. Fungal cultures yielded dark grey colonies, which were identified as Alternaria tenuissima . To our knowledge this is the first report of A. tenuissima infection reported in the U.K.