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Majocchi's granuloma after antithymocyte globulin therapy in a liver transplant patient |
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| Authors: | A. Gega G. Ketsela F. L. Glavin C. Soldevilla‐Pico D. Schain |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA;2. *Present address: Department of Infectious Disease, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.;3. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA;4. Department of Pathology, Division of Dermatopathology, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA;5. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA |
| Abstract: | A. Gega, G. Ketsela, F.L. Glavin, C. Soldevilla‐Pico, D. Schain. Majocchi's granuloma after antithymocyte globulin therapy in a liver transplant patient. Transpl Infect Dis 2010: 12: 143–145. All rights reserved Abstract: Majocchi's granuloma (MG) is an atypical and uncommon presentation of dermatophytic infection involving the invasion of dermal and subcutaneous tissue by fungal organisms. It usually begins as a suppurative folliculitis and may culminate in the development of widespread granulomas. Immunosuppressed patients are at increased risk, especially those with T‐cell deficiencies. We describe a case of inguinal MG in a liver transplant patient who had received antithymocyte globulin for acute rejection. |
| Keywords: | Majocchi's granuloma antithymocyte globulin liver transplant dermatophyte solid organ transplant Trichophyton terbinafine |