Sporotrichosis in a liver transplant patient: A case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Renato Ferreira da Silva, Miguel Bonfitto, Francisco Inaldo Mendes da Silva Junior, Margarete Teresa Gottardo de Ameida, Rita de CMA da Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
• Series: Medical Mycology Case Reports
• Subjects: Liver transplantation; Sporothrix schenckii; Transplant; Fungal infections; Sporotrichosis
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300325
• ISSN: 2211-7539

The liver transplant patient was admitted to the hospital with hyperemic, granulomatous, ulcerated lesion in the anterior compartment of the right lower limb with report of local trauma. The agent Sporothrix schenckii was isolated from biopsy of the lesion and lymph nodes of the right lower limb. In this case, the treatment was difficult because the patient has severe pulmonary hypertension and took the following drugs: warfarin, sildenafil, and tacrolimus. These medicines interact with the antifungal, which made it difficult.