Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review

Cutaneous alternariosis is an uncommon fungal infection that most commonly presents in organ transplant patients on immunosuppressive therapy. There are no clinical trials or guidelines to guide treatment of this condition, however itraconazole is the most commonly used antifungal in published cases...

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Autores principales: Bajwa, Rajinder, Wojciechowski, Amy L., Hsiao, Chiu-Bin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5279863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28180057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.01.003
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description Cutaneous alternariosis is an uncommon fungal infection that most commonly presents in organ transplant patients on immunosuppressive therapy. There are no clinical trials or guidelines to guide treatment of this condition, however itraconazole is the most commonly used antifungal in published cases. Here we report on a case of cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant recipient treated with a newer antifungal, posaconazole. A review of published reports of cutaneous alternariosis since 2008 is also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-52798632017-02-08 Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review Bajwa, Rajinder Wojciechowski, Amy L. Hsiao, Chiu-Bin Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Cutaneous alternariosis is an uncommon fungal infection that most commonly presents in organ transplant patients on immunosuppressive therapy. There are no clinical trials or guidelines to guide treatment of this condition, however itraconazole is the most commonly used antifungal in published cases. Here we report on a case of cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant recipient treated with a newer antifungal, posaconazole. A review of published reports of cutaneous alternariosis since 2008 is also discussed. Elsevier 2017-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5279863/ /pubmed/28180057 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.01.003 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review
title Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review
title_full Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review
title_fullStr Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review
title_short Cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: Case report and literature review
title_sort cutaneous alternariosis in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with posaconazole: case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5279863/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.01.003
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