These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Subcutaneoous phaeohyphomycosis by Exophiala jeanselmei in a cardiac transplant recipient.
    Author: Silva Mdo R, Fernandes Ode F, Costa CR, Chaul A, Morgado LF, Fleury-Júnior LF, Costa MB.
    Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo; 2005; 47(1):55-7. PubMed ID: 15729475.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei in a cardiac transplant recipient maintained on immunosuppressive therapy with mycophenolate mofetil tacrolimus and prednisone. The lesion began after trauma on the right leg that evolved to multiple lesions with nodules and ulcers. Diagnosis was performed by histological examination and culture of pus from skin lesions. Treatment consisted of itraconazole (200 mg/day) for three months with no improvement and subsequently with amphotericin B (0.5 mg/Kg per day to a total of 3.8 g intravenously). After four months of treatment, the lesions showed marked improvement with reduction in the swelling and healing of sinuses and residual scarring.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]