Open AccessEmerging Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria
Author(s) -
Katarína Kieselová,
Tiago Fernandes Gomes,
Felicidade Santiago,
Martinha Henrique
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta médica portuguesa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1646-0758
pISSN - 0870-399X
DOI - 10.20344/amp.13496
Subject(s) - alternaria , antifungal , biology , medicine , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture
Alternaria species belong to a group of opportunistic fungi that causes skin infection mainly in immunosuppressed patients. The authors describe two clinically distinct cases of cutaneous alternariosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in patients under prolonged corticosteroid treatment. Additionally, a brief review of published cases in portuguese patients is conducted.