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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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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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author | Belda, Walter Criado, Paulo Ricardo |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Belda, Walter Criado, Paulo Ricardo Atypical clinical presentation of an Arthroderma gypseum infection in a renal transplant recipient |
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 |
topic | Case Report |
url | 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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