Phaeohyphomycosis in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Case Series

Phaeohyphomycosis is a rare fungal infection in renal transplant recipients. We describe here five cases of phaeohyphomycosis in renal transplant recipients, two with deep-seated unusual sites of infection. All patients received antifungals, and surgical excision was done where feasible. Outcomes in...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Pallavi, Elumalai, Ramprasad, Sekar, Manikantan, Gunabooshanam, Barathi, Matcha, Jayakumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9365010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35967540
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijn.ijn_194_21
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author Prasad, Pallavi
Elumalai, Ramprasad
Sekar, Manikantan
Gunabooshanam, Barathi
Matcha, Jayakumar
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description Phaeohyphomycosis is a rare fungal infection in renal transplant recipients. We describe here five cases of phaeohyphomycosis in renal transplant recipients, two with deep-seated unusual sites of infection. All patients received antifungals, and surgical excision was done where feasible. Outcomes included complete resolution of infection in three, partial resolution in one, and mortality in one case.
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spelling pubmed-93650102022-08-11 Phaeohyphomycosis in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Case Series Prasad, Pallavi Elumalai, Ramprasad Sekar, Manikantan Gunabooshanam, Barathi Matcha, Jayakumar Indian J Nephrol Case Report Phaeohyphomycosis is a rare fungal infection in renal transplant recipients. We describe here five cases of phaeohyphomycosis in renal transplant recipients, two with deep-seated unusual sites of infection. All patients received antifungals, and surgical excision was done where feasible. Outcomes included complete resolution of infection in three, partial resolution in one, and mortality in one case. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2022 2022-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9365010/ /pubmed/35967540 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijn.ijn_194_21 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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