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Multifocal phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala xenobiotica in a kidney transplant recipient |
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| Authors: | A. Palmisano F. Morio P. Le Pape A.M. Degli Antoni R. Ricci A. Zucchi A. Vaglio G. Piotti R. Antoniotti E. Cremaschi C. Buzio U. Maggiore |
| Affiliation: | 1. Transplant Nephrology Unit, University Hospital, Parma, Italy;2. Laboratoire de Parasitologie‐Mycologie, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France;3. Department of Parasitology and Medical Mycology, EA1155 IICiMed, University of Nantes, Nantes, France;4. Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital, Parma, Italy;5. Pathology Unit, University Hospital, Parma, Italy;6. Dermatology Unit, University Hospital, Parma, Italy |
| Abstract: | In recent years, black fungi have been increasingly reported as causing opportunistic infections after solid organ transplantation. Here, we report a case of insidious, relentless, and multifocal Exophiala xenobiotica infection in a kidney transplant recipient that eventually required multiple surgical excisions along with oral and intravenous antifungal combination therapy using liposomal amphotericin B and posaconazole. We compare the present case with all previously reported cases of Exophiala infection after kidney transplantation. |
| Keywords: | kidney transplant recipient phaeohyphomycosis Exophiala black fungi antimycotic therapy |