Phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation
We report a case of cutaneous infection caused by Phialemonium curvatum GAMS et COOKE, 1983, after bone marrow transplantation. The genus Phialemonium was created by GAMS & MCGINNIS in 1983 including three new species: Ph. obovatum, Ph. curvatum and Ph. dimorphosporum, and represents an intermed...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:53ae7d370eb44dd3b0e696d4146b034d 2024-09-09T19:26:36+00:00 Phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation HEINS-VACCARI Elisabeth Maria MACHADO Clarisse M. SABOYA Rosaura S. SILVA Roberto L. DULLEY Frederico L. LACAZ Carlos da S. FREITAS LEITE Roseli S. de HERNANDEZ ARRIAGADA Giovana L. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/53ae7d370eb44dd3b0e696d4146b034d EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652001000300009 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/53ae7d370eb44dd3b0e696d4146b034d Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 43, Iss 3, Pp 163-166 (2001) Phialemonium curvatum Bone marrow transplantation Phaeohyphomycosis Hyalohyphomycosis Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2001 ftdoajarticles 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z We report a case of cutaneous infection caused by Phialemonium curvatum GAMS et COOKE, 1983, after bone marrow transplantation. The genus Phialemonium was created by GAMS & MCGINNIS in 1983 including three new species: Ph. obovatum, Ph. curvatum and Ph. dimorphosporum, and represents an intermediate genus between Acremonium and Phialophora. Nowadays, the genus Phialemonium is considered to be a pheoid fungus which may cause the eventual lesions observed in pheo- and hyalohyphomycosis. Species of this genus have been described as opportunistic agents in humans and animals, mainly as a result of immunosuppression. In the present case, the patient had multiple myeloma and received an allogenic bone marrow transplant from his HLA-compatible brother. Two months after transplantation, he developed purplish and painful nodular lesions on the right ankle. Some of these lesions drained spontaneously and apparently hyaline mycelial filaments were observed, whose culture was initially identified as Acremonium sp. Subsequent studies showed that the fungus was Phialemonium curvatum. The infection was treated with amphotericin B, followed by ketoconazole. The patient was submitted to surgical debridement followed by two skin grafts to repair the bloody area. The duration of the treatment was 4 months and secondary prophylaxis with ketoconazole alone was maintained for one additional month. No recurrence was observed after discontinuation of treatment. The authors comment on the pathogenicity of the genus Phialemonium. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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We report a case of cutaneous infection caused by Phialemonium curvatum GAMS et COOKE, 1983, after bone marrow transplantation. The genus Phialemonium was created by GAMS & MCGINNIS in 1983 including three new species: Ph. obovatum, Ph. curvatum and Ph. dimorphosporum, and represents an intermediate genus between Acremonium and Phialophora. Nowadays, the genus Phialemonium is considered to be a pheoid fungus which may cause the eventual lesions observed in pheo- and hyalohyphomycosis. Species of this genus have been described as opportunistic agents in humans and animals, mainly as a result of immunosuppression. In the present case, the patient had multiple myeloma and received an allogenic bone marrow transplant from his HLA-compatible brother. Two months after transplantation, he developed purplish and painful nodular lesions on the right ankle. Some of these lesions drained spontaneously and apparently hyaline mycelial filaments were observed, whose culture was initially identified as Acremonium sp. Subsequent studies showed that the fungus was Phialemonium curvatum. The infection was treated with amphotericin B, followed by ketoconazole. The patient was submitted to surgical debridement followed by two skin grafts to repair the bloody area. The duration of the treatment was 4 months and secondary prophylaxis with ketoconazole alone was maintained for one additional month. No recurrence was observed after discontinuation of treatment. The authors comment on the pathogenicity of the genus Phialemonium. |
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HEINS-VACCARI Elisabeth Maria MACHADO Clarisse M. SABOYA Rosaura S. SILVA Roberto L. DULLEY Frederico L. LACAZ Carlos da S. FREITAS LEITE Roseli S. de HERNANDEZ ARRIAGADA Giovana L. |
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HEINS-VACCARI Elisabeth Maria MACHADO Clarisse M. SABOYA Rosaura S. SILVA Roberto L. DULLEY Frederico L. LACAZ Carlos da S. FREITAS LEITE Roseli S. de HERNANDEZ ARRIAGADA Giovana L. |
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Phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation |
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Phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation |
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Phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation |
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Phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation |
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Phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation |
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phialemonium curvatum infection after bone marrow transplantation |
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