Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala xenobiotica in a non-Hodgkin lymphoma patient.
Med Mycol
; 47(1): 95-9, 2009 Feb.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19107636
Phaeohyphomycosis is a rare fungal infection that is more commonly associated with immunocompromised patients. We present a case in which a 77-year-old woman with non-Hodgkin lymphoma developed subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala xenobiotica. E. xenobiotica is a dematiaceous hyphomycete that was recently identified as a segregant of the E. jeanselmei complex. The patient was successfully treated with local excision of the lesions and post-surgical oral itraconazole. The latter was administered with the aim of preventing systemic dissemination in this immunocompromised patient.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
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Exophiala
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Dermatomycoses
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Hand Dermatoses
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Med Mycol
Journal subject:
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan
Country of publication:
United kingdom