A case of cutaneous Rhodotorula infection mimicking cryptococcosis |
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| Authors: | S. M. C. George M. Quante M. D. Cubbon A. R. MacDiarmaid‐Gordon E. J. Topham |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Dermatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK;2. Department of Cellular Pathology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK;3. Department of Microbiology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK;4. Department of Renal Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK |
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Rhodotorula is a ubiquitous environmental and commensal yeast, and an emerging opportunistic pathogen, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Clinical infections with Rhodotorula have been increasingly recognized over the past 30 years; however, infections in solid‐organ transplant recipients are uncommon, and cutaneous manifestations have rarely been reported. We describe a 59‐year‐old male renal transplant recipient, who developed cutaneous infection with Rhodotorula upon failure of his graft and commencement of haemodialysis. |
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