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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 1952-1955, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1952-1955.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria in a Renal Transplant Recipient

Teysir Halaby,1,* Hans Boots,2 Anton Vermeulen,3 André van der Ven,1,2 Hugues Beguin,4 Hans van Hooff,2 and Jan Jacobs1

Departments of Medical Microbiology,1 Internal Medicine,2 and Clinical Pathology,3 Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and Scientific Institute of Public Health Louis Pasteur, Brussels, Belgium4

Received 25 September 2000/Returned for modification 22 November 2000/Accepted 26 January 2001

We report on a case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in a renal transplant recipient with pulmonary infiltrates and multiple skin lesions. Diagnosis was based on microscopy and culture of the skin lesions. Treatment consisted of a combination of surgical excision and systemic antifungal therapy, first with itraconazole and subsequently with liposomal amphotericin B, for 39 days. At a 20-month follow-up visit, no recurrence of the skin lesions or the pulmonary infiltrates had occurred.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Maastricht University Hospital, P.B. 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-43-3874644. Fax: 31-43-3876643. E-mail: AHAL{at}LMIB.AZM.NL.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2001, p. 1952-1955, Vol. 39, No. 5
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.5.1952-1955.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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