Cutaneous Alternariosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria: Three Cases in Kidney Transplant Patients

The genus Alternaria has more than 80 species. Alternaria alternata and Alternaria infectoria are the most frequent species associated with infections in humans. Their clinical importance lies in the growing number of cases reported in immunocompromised patients. Herein, we report three cases of kid...

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Autores principales: Lopes, Leonor, Borges-Costa, João, Soares-Almeida, Luís, Filipe, Paulo, Neves, Fernanda, Santana, Alice, Guerra, José, Kutzner, Heinz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429134
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare1010100
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Sumario:The genus Alternaria has more than 80 species. Alternaria alternata and Alternaria infectoria are the most frequent species associated with infections in humans. Their clinical importance lies in the growing number of cases reported in immunocompromised patients. Herein, we report three cases of kidney-transplanted patients with different clinical presentations of cutaneous alternariosis and we discuss the treatment options.

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