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
Hauptverfasser: Welfringer, Anne, Vuong, Valérie, Argy, Nicolas, Chochillon, Christian, Deschamps, Lydia, Rollin, Guillaume, Harent, Stanislas, Joly, Véronique, Vindrios, William, Descamps, Vincent
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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.
ISSN:2211-7539
2211-7539
DOI:10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.02.001