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.

Multifocal phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala xenobiotica in a kidney transplant recipient / Palmisano, A., Morio, F., Le Pape, P., DEGLI ANTONI, A.M., Ricci, R., Zucchi, A., Vaglio, A., Piotti, G., Antoniotti, R., Cremaschi, E., Buzio, C., Maggiore, U.. - In: TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 1398-2273. - 17:2(2015), pp. 297-302. [10.1111/tid.12350]

Multifocal phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala xenobiotica in a kidney transplant recipient

ZUCCHI, Alfredo;MAGGIORE, UMBERTO
2015-01-01

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.
2015
Multifocal phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala xenobiotica in a kidney transplant recipient / Palmisano, A., Morio, F., Le Pape, P., DEGLI ANTONI, A.M., Ricci, R., Zucchi, A., Vaglio, A., Piotti, G., Antoniotti, R., Cremaschi, E., Buzio, C., Maggiore, U.. - In: TRANSPLANT INFECTIOUS DISEASE. - ISSN 1398-2273. - 17:2(2015), pp. 297-302. [10.1111/tid.12350]
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