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Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient

Dermatophytes are known as a common cause of superficial mycosis, but atypical presentations in immunosuppressed patients make the diagnosis more challenging. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old patient, a renal transplant recipient from a living donor, who presented with atypical cutaneous lesi...

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Autores principales: Belda, Walter, Criado, Paulo Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7310607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062042
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description Dermatophytes are known as a common cause of superficial mycosis, but atypical presentations in immunosuppressed patients make the diagnosis more challenging. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old patient, a renal transplant recipient from a living donor, who presented with atypical cutaneous lesions of lower extremities caused by Arthroderma gypseum (Nannizzia gypsea), four months after receiving a renal transplant. It is important to highlight the importance of the early detection of fungal infections in immunosuppressed patients. Clinicians should have a high degree of suspicion for the early detection and treatment of the cases.
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spelling pubmed-73106072020-06-30 Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient Belda, Walter Criado, Paulo Ricardo Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report Dermatophytes are known as a common cause of superficial mycosis, but atypical presentations in immunosuppressed patients make the diagnosis more challenging. Here, we report a case of a 39-year-old patient, a renal transplant recipient from a living donor, who presented with atypical cutaneous lesions of lower extremities caused by Arthroderma gypseum (Nannizzia gypsea), four months after receiving a renal transplant. It is important to highlight the importance of the early detection of fungal infections in immunosuppressed patients. Clinicians should have a high degree of suspicion for the early detection and treatment of the cases. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7310607/ /pubmed/32578682 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062042 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient
title_full Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient
title_fullStr Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient
title_full_unstemmed Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient
title_short Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient
title_sort atypical clinical presentation of an arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7310607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32578682
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