A rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to Veronaea botryosa and review of literature

A rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to Veronaea botryosa and review of literature

We report a rare case of phaehyphomycosis in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient Togo native patient. Four months after the transplant, he presented painless nodules on the right heel with superficial ulceration. The polyphasic identification uncovered a rare cause of phaehyphomycose: V. botryo...

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Main Authors: Anne Welfringer, Valérie Vuong, Nicolas Argy, Christian Chochillon, Lydia Deschamps, Guillaume Rollin, Stanislas Harent, Véronique Joly, William Vindrios, Vincent Descamps
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Phaeohyphomycosis
Immunosuppression
Heart transplant recipient
V. botryosa
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300040

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