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Title: | Cutaneous infection by Phaeoacremonium parasiticum |
Author: | Fernández Pittol, Mariana José Alejo-Cancho, Izaskun Rubio, Elisa López, Miriam García, Adriana Mascaró Galy, José Manuel Marco Reverté, Francesc Vila Estapé, Jordi Puig de la Bellacasa, Jordi |
Keywords: | Miositis Infeccions Myositis Infections |
Issue Date: | 8-Mar-2019 |
Publisher: | Elsevier España |
Abstract: | Background: Phaeoacremonium parasiticum is considered a rare infectious agent that is part of a heterogeneous group of fungi causing phaeohyphomycosis. This organism is capable of producing subcutaneous infections, eumycetomas, osteomyelitis, arthritis, myositis and also disseminated diseases, such as fungemia and endocarditis. Case report: We describe a case of cutaneous infection by P. parasiticum in a kidney transplant patient. The identification of this microorganism was performed by microbiological and histopathological studies and confirmed with the sequence of the gene encoding β-tubulin and a real time panfungal PCR targeting 18S ribosomal RNA gene. The microorganism was correctly identified by phenotypic and molecular methods. The patient was treated with oral antifungal therapy and a debulking surgery and evolved without any complication. Conclusions: The diagnosis of this infection is difficult and usually affects kidney transplant patients, but the reasons of this association are still unknown. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2018.10.003 |
It is part of: | Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia, 2019 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/135501 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.riam.2018.10.003 |
ISSN: | 1130-1406 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) |
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