Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient

ABSTRACT Dermatophytes are known as a common cause of superficial mycosis, but atypical presentations in immunosuppressed patients make the diagnosis more challenging. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old patient, a renal transplant recipient from a living donor, who presented with atypical cutan...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Walter Belda Junior, Paulo Ricardo Criado
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2020
Subjects:
Arthroderma gypseum
Dermatophytes
Transplanted patient
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062042
https://doaj.org/article/23bfa6d6f44544f1a3872004ab7ff724
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Summary:ABSTRACT Dermatophytes are known as a common cause of superficial mycosis, but atypical presentations in immunosuppressed patients make the diagnosis more challenging. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old patient, a renal transplant recipient from a living donor, who presented with atypical cutaneous lesions of lower extremities caused by Arthroderma gypseum (Nannizzia gypsea), four months after receiving a renal transplant. It is important to highlight the importance of the early detection of fungal infections in immunosuppressed patients. Clinicians should have a high degree of suspicion for the early detection and treatment of the cases.

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