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Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria infectoria presenting as multiple vegetating lesions in a renal transplant patient
Feohifomicosis producida por Alternaria infectoria con presentación clínica de múltiples lesiones vegetantes en un paciente sometido a un trasplante renal
Daniela Cunhaa,
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, Cristina Amaroa, María Raquel Vieiraa, María da Luz Martinsb, Ana Paula Madurob, João Inácioc, Ana Afonsod, Gabriela Marques Pintoa, Jorge Cardosoa
a Dermatology Department, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal
b Mycology Laboratory, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical/CREM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
c Laboratório Nacional de Investigação Veterinária, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos, Lisbon, Portugal
d Histopathology Department, Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisbon, Portugal
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brown hyphae with simple or branched conidiophores and multiple conidia&#46; Conidia were mainly ovoid but some were muriform&#44; smooth walled or verrucous&#44; and a few ended with apical beaks&#44; most forming acropetal chains &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig&#46; 3</a>&#41;&#46; After DNA extraction&#44; the ITS &#40;internal transcribed spacer&#41; region of rDNA was PCR-amplified and sequencing of the ITS region was carried out using forward primer ITS1 and reverse primer ITS4 following standard protocols &#40;STAB Vida Lda&#44; Caparica&#44; Portugal&#41;&#46; The nucleotide sequence was deposited in GenBank with the accession number HM467255&#46; Standard BLAST searches at GenBank database revealed a high similarity between this sequence and others representing <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Alternaria</span> species &#40;which are assigned in GenBank as <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">Lewia</span>&#44; the designation of the respective teleomorphs&#41;&#46; 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representing environmental contaminants&#46; Therefore&#44; when phaeohyphomycosis is suspected&#44; a deep tissue sample should be obtained for isolation and identification of the fungus&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> The morphological findings of cutaneous alternariosis include dermal granulomatous infiltrates with variable epidermal changes&#46; Fungal elements are usually seen within these infiltrates&#44; presenting as spheroidal chlamydospore-like structures and hyphae&#44; with and without pigmentation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;7</span></a> Fungal culture on Sabouraud agar without cycloheximide yields &#8220;greyish&#8221;&#44; &#8220;green&#44; powdery&#8221; or &#8220;felty&#8221; colonies&#46; By lactophenol cotton blue staining&#44; the microscopic observation of pigmented conidiophores giving rise to dictyospores is highly suggestive of <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">A&#46; 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Small&#44; isolated lesions may be successfully treated by simple surgical excision<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a> or cryosurgery&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> Multiple and larger lesions usually require systemic antimycotic therapy&#46; On occasion&#44; a combination of surgical and systemic antinfungal agents has proved efficacious&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;16</span></a> Itraconazole is the most commonly used drug&#44; followed by amphotericin B&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#8211;5&#44;9</span></a> Itraconazole doses used range between 100 and 400<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg for 2&#8211;8 months in monotherapy regimens&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;6&#44;7</span></a></p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This case report is remarkable due to its clinical presentation with multiple nodules and vegetating tumours as well as the slow but successful response to monotherapy with high-dose itraconazole&#46; 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