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Unusual presentation of chromoblastomycosis due to Cladophialophora carrionii in a renal and pancreas transplant recipient patient successfully treated with posaconazole and surgical excision
Author(s) -
Dupont C.,
Duong T.A.,
Mallet S.,
MamzerBruneel M.F.,
Thervet E.,
Bougnoux M.E.,
Dupont B.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00477.x
Subject(s) - chromoblastomycosis , medicine , posaconazole , phaeohyphomycosis , immunosuppression , transplantation , pathology , dermatology , surgery , antifungal , itraconazole
C. Dupont, T.A. Duong, S. Mallet, M.F. Mamzer‐Bruneel, E. Thervet, M.E. Bougnoux, B. Dupont. Unusual presentation of chromoblastomycosis due to Cladophialophora carrionii in a renal and pancreas transplant recipient patient successfully treated with posaconazole and surgical excision.
Transpl Infect Dis 2010: 12: 180–183. All rights reserved Abstract: Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, tropical and subtropical, subcutaneous mycosis caused by inoculation of dematiaceous molds. This disease is uncommonly reported in patients who have undergone solid organ transplantation. We describe a case of chromoblastomycosis caused by Cladophialophora carrionii that occurred 7 years after transplantation in a 58‐year‐old male renal and pancreatic transplant recipient. Diagnosis was based on histopathology and isolation of multiple colonies of the dematiaceous mold in pure culture. Identification was achieved by sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer regions of the rRNA. The patient was successfully treated with posaconazole and surgical excision of a residual lesion.