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M icrosphaeropsis arundinis skin and soft tissue infection in renal transplant recipients: three case reports and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Crawford S.J.,
Chen S.C.A.,
Halliday C.,
Rangan G.K.,
Gottlieb T.,
Reid A.B.
Publication year - 2015
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/tid.12464
Subject(s) - renal transplant , medicine , soft tissue , etiology , antifungal , dermatology , pathology , intensive care medicine , transplantation
Abstract M icrosphaeropsis arundinis , a dematiaceous mold, is emerging as a cause of skin and soft tissue infection in immunocompromised hosts. Diagnosis is challenging because of the difficulty in identifying M icrosphaeropsis species morphologically and few data are available to guide optimal management. We report 3 renal transplant recipients with M . arundinis soft tissue infection, where the etiological agent was diagnosed using DNA sequencing, and who were successfully treated with prolonged courses of extended‐spectrum triazole antifungal agents.