Fernández Pittol, Mariana JoséAlejo-Cancho, IzaskunRubio, ElisaLópez, MiriamGarcía, AdrianaMascaró Galy, José ManuelMarco Reverté, FrancescVila Estapé, JordiPuig de la Bellacasa, Jordi2019-06-192020-03-082019-03-081130-1406https://hdl.handle.net/2445/135501Background: 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.13 p.application/pdfengcc by-nc-nd (c) Asociación Española de Micología, 2019http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/MiositisInfeccionsMyositisInfectionsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article2019-05-27info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess