A rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to Veronaea botryosa and review of literature
We report a rare case of phaehyphomycosis in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient Togo native patient. Four months after the transplant, he presented painless nodules on the right heel with superficial ulceration. The polyphasic identification uncovered a rare cause of phaehyphomycose: V. botryo...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Medical mycology case reports 2017-03, Vol.15 (C), p.21-24 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We report a rare case of phaehyphomycosis in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient Togo native patient. Four months after the transplant, he presented painless nodules on the right heel with superficial ulceration. The polyphasic identification uncovered a rare cause of phaehyphomycose: V. botryosa. The treatment combined surgical excision of the lesions and anti-fungal therapy with posaconazole. We discussed eleven reported cases in literature since 1990. |
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ISSN: | 2211-7539 2211-7539 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.02.001 |