Subcutaneous pseudallescheriasis in a renal transplant recipient

J O Lopes; S H Alves; J P Benevenga; A Salla; C Khmohan; C B Silva

doi:10.1007/BF01146520

Subcutaneous pseudallescheriasis in a renal transplant recipient

Mycopathologia. 1994 Mar;125(3):153-6. doi: 10.1007/BF01146520.

Authors

J O Lopes¹, S H Alves, J P Benevenga, A Salla, C Khmohan, C B Silva

Affiliation

¹ University Hospital, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

PMID: 8047106
DOI: 10.1007/BF01146520

Abstract

This paper reports a case of a single subcutaneous nodule caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in a renal transplant recipient, possibly of nontraumatic origin. The patient was treated surgically and with itraconazole.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*
Knee
Male
Middle Aged
Mycetoma / microbiology*
Postoperative Complications / microbiology*
Pseudallescheria / isolation & purification*