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González-Vela M, Armesto S, Unda-Villafuerte F, Val-Bernal J. Cutaneous Infection with Alternaria triticina in a Bilateral Lung Transplant Recipient. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Cutaneous infection with Alternaria triticina in a Bilateral lung transplant recipient. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2014; 105:e51-4. [PMID: 24440281 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2013.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We report the case of a 60-year-old man who was receiving immunosuppressive therapy for a bilateral lung transplant and presented with a crusted, violaceous plaque on the left hand. Based on histopathology and microbiological culture the patient was diagnosed with infection by Alternaria species. Treatment with itraconazole led to complete resolution of the skin lesion. Forty months later he developed four reddish, nodular, skin lesions on the left leg. Analysis of a biopsy from one of these lesions using histopathologic and molecular techniques identified a mold that shared 98% homology with a strain of Alternaria triticina. Alternaria species belong to a group of dematiaceous fungi that cause opportunistic infections in humans. The incidence of these infections is increasing, mainly in transplant centers. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a human infection caused by A. triticina.
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Morales A, Charlez L, Remón L, Sanz P, Aspiroz C. Alternariosis cutánea múltiple en un paciente receptor de trasplante cardiaco. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2009.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Cutaneous Alternariosis in a Heart Transplant Recipient. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1578-2190(10)70655-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pastor F, Guarro J. Alternaria infections: laboratory diagnosis and relevant clinical features. Clin Microbiol Infect 2008; 14:734-46. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Gerdsen R, Uerlich M, De Hoog G, Bieber T, Horré R. Sporotrichoid phaeohyphomycosis due to Alternaria infectoria. Br J Dermatol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2001.04382.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Williams C, Layton AM, Kerr K, Kibbler C, Barton RC. Cutaneous infection with an Alternaria sp. in an immunocompetent host. Clin Exp Dermatol 2008; 33:440-2. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02664.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Pec J, Minarikova E, Zaborska D, Adamicova K, Krkoska D, Pec M. Treatment of dermal and subcutaneous pheohyphomycosis of 55 years' duration. Int J Dermatol 2008; 47:526-9. [PMID: 18412878 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03415.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nebreda T, Pozo LJ, Alfaro J, Merino FJ, Campus A, Hörndler C. Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Alternaria sp. treated successfully with itraconazole. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1996.tb00186.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A case of subcutaneous alternariosis caused by Alternaria alternata is reported in a 52-year-old male who underwent kidney transplantation 1 year earlier. The infection manifested as a vegetating mass about 7 cm in diameter on the right forearm. Histological examination with Grocott staining and periodic acid-Schiff diastase revealed fungal spores and hyphae with chronic granulomatous inflammation. Biopsy fragments inoculated on Sabouraud-glucose agar with chloramphenicol produced colonies which were identified as Alternaria alternata on the basis of macroscopic and microscopic characters.
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- C Romano
- Institute of Dermatological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy.
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Alternaria is a saprophytic fungus that is increasingly recognized as a human pathogen, particularly in immunocompromised hosts, including solid-organ transplant recipients. Although combined surgical and medical treatment seem to be useful in the management of this infection, an optimal antifungal therapy remains to be defined. Only four cases of alternariosis after orthotopic liver transplantation have been reported. We describe an additional case and review the literature on infections due to Alternaria in organ transplant recipients, with special emphasis on treatment.
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- N Benito
- Institut Clínic d' Infeccions i Inmunologia, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
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Gerdsen R, Uerlich M, De Hoog GS, Bieber T, Horré R. Sporotrichoid phaeohyphomycosis due to Alternaria infectoria. Br J Dermatol 2001; 145:484-6. [PMID: 11531842 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04382.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We describe a cardiac transplant patient who had human cutaneous alternariosis with a sporotrichoid distribution of skin lesions. In this patient identification of the causative organism Alternaria infectoria was achieved by sequencing the rDNA internal transcribed spacer domain. Treatment with itraconazole led to clinical resolution within 4 months.
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- R Gerdsen
- Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany.
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Lyke KE, Miller NS, Towne L, Merz WG. A case of cutaneous ulcerative alternariosis: rare association with diabetes mellitus and unusual failure of itraconazole treatment. Clin Infect Dis 2001; 32:1178-87. [PMID: 11283807 DOI: 10.1086/319751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2000] [Revised: 08/22/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Alternaria species are ubiquitous dematiaceous fungi that are increasingly recognized as pathogens in immunocompromised patients or those with significant underlying disease, but they are also pathogens in otherwise healthy hosts. We describe a case of dermal cutaneous ulcerative alternariosis in a frail 83-year-old patient with diet-controlled diabetes mellitus. Histological analysis revealed hyphal morphology in tissue sections that was initially confused with that of a zygomycetous fungus, and multiple positive culture results were necessary to identify the organism. Treatment with oral itraconazole and surgical debridement were ineffective; clinical improvement was achieved by means of treatment with intravenous amphotericin B lipid complex. We review the literature regarding the role of diabetes mellitus in cutaneous alternariosis and regarding the efficacy of treatment with itraconazole, which has been used very successfully. To our knowledge, this is only the second case report noting diabetes mellitus uncomplicated by steroid administration as a possible predisposing factor for cutaneous infection.
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- K E Lyke
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
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Gilmour TK, Rytina E, O'Connell PB, Sterling JC. Cutaneous alternariosis in a cardiac transplant recipient. Australas J Dermatol 2001; 42:46-9. [PMID: 11233722 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2001.00473.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A 55-year-old male cardiac transplant recipient presented with cutaneous nodules on the limbs caused by Alternaria alternata. Oral fluconazole 200 mg daily for 3 weeks was ineffective. Itraconazole 100 mg oral daily was ceased when hyperglycaemia developed. Individual lesions were successfully treated with either curettage and cautery or double freeze-thaw cryotherapy. Alternaria spp. are ubiquitous fungal saprophytes which may cause cutaneous infections particularly in immunocompromised patients.
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- T K Gilmour
- Departments of Dermatology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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The aim of our study was to evaluate the incidence, the clinic characteristics, the therapeutic antifungal response and the evaluation of side-effects in 51 non-dermatophytic onychomycosis cases which were observed in a case-study of 1012 patients, affected by different types of onychopathy, attending the Mycology Ambulatory of San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy during the period 1994-97.
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- C Gianni
- Università degli Studi di Milano, Clinica Dermatologica IV, Ospedale San Paolo, Italy
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Acland KM, Hay RJ, Groves R. Cutaneous infection with Alternaria alternata complicating immunosuppression: successful treatment with itraconazole. Br J Dermatol 1998; 138:354-6. [PMID: 9602891 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02091.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report an immunosuppressed patient who presented with unusual leg ulceration caused by Alternaria alternata infection. Alternaria is a common saprophyte that is not usually pathogenic in humans. However, infections have previously been documented. Most cases occur in immunocompromised patients and the skin manifestations may vary considerably. The diagnosis is often missed initially as it is not frequently suspected. The treatment is controversial both in choice of agent used and in duration of therapy.
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- K M Acland
- Department of Dermatology, UCL Hospitals Trust, London, U.K
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Phaeohyphomycoses are a heterogeneous group of rare mycotic infections caused by dematiaceous fungi. They are classified into four forms: superficial, cutaneous and corneal, subcutaneous, systemic. Alternaria species are ubiquitous fungi that are occasionally aetiological agents of pheohyphomycosis. A case of onychomycosis caused by Alternaria alternata treated with itraconazole is reported.
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- C Gianni
- Clinica Dermatologica IV, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale San Paolo, Italy
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Pec J, Palencarova E, Plank L, Straka S, Pec M, Jesenska Z, Filo V. Phaeohyphomycosis due to Alternaria spp. and Phaeosclera dematioides: a histopathological study. Mycoses 1996; 39:217-21. [PMID: 8909033 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00128.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by strains of both Alternaria spp. and Phaeosclera dematioides is presented. The biopsy material was studied using histological, immunohistochemical and transmission electron microscopy techniques. The agent's dematiaceous mycelia are composed of thick-walled hyphae, branched and unbranched, with terminal vesicular formations. All the described structures occur alone or in chains within multinuclear giant foreign body-type cells or invading an abscess. Also present are budding forms. Immunostaining of histiocytic inflammatory cells in either. diffuse or granulomatous infiltrates revealed cytoplasmic positivity for lysozyme and Ki-MIP antibody. The lymphocytic infiltrates of the upper corium show predominantly small T lymphocytes (CD3 and CD45RO positive) and absence of CD20-positive B cells. Plasma cells occurring within the infiltrates of the deeper parts show polyclonal expression of both Ig light chains.
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- J Pec
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Slovak Republic
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Del Palacio A, Gómez-Hernando C, Revenga F, Carabias E, González A, Cuétara MS, Johnson EM. Cutaneous Alternaria alternata infection successfully treated with itraconazole. Clin Exp Dermatol 1996; 21:241-3. [PMID: 8914373 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A case of cutaneous alternariosis due to Alternaria alternata in a 47-year-old man who had the CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly and telangiectasia) syndrome with pulmonary hypertension is presented. The patient, who lived in a rural area and was receiving prostacycline by continuous infusion, prednisone and azathioprine for his underlying disease, showed cutaneous lesions of the lower extremities spreading from the knees to the ankles. The patient was successfully treated with high doses of oral itraconazole.
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- A Del Palacio
- Department of Microbiology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Romano C, Fimiani M, Pellegrino M, Valenti L, Casini L, Miracco C, Faggi E. Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Alternaria tenuissima. Mycoses 1996; 39:211-5. [PMID: 8909032 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00127.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A 50-year-old gardener with a 3-year history of pemphigus vulgaris and steroid-induced diabetes complained of various papulonodular lesions on the left elbow. The lesions had appeared 11 months previously. Skin biopsy showed chronic granulomatous inflammation of the dermis which contained septate hyphae and large spores mainly free. Fragments of the biopsy specimen, cultured on Sabouraud glucose agar without cycloheximide, for 4 days, produced soft white colonies which later turned blackish brown, especially on the underside. On the basis of the microscopic characters of the conidiophores and conidia, Alternaria tenuissima was identified. This phaeohyphomycete has only been isolated previously in two other cases in Italy.
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- C Romano
- Istituto di Clinica Dermosifilopatica, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
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Gené J, Azón-Masoliver A, Guarro J, Ballester F, Pujol I, Llovera M, Ferrer C. Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria longipes in an immunosuppressed patient. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:2774-6. [PMID: 8567925 PMCID: PMC228575 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.10.2774-2776.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Alternaria longipes was reported as the agent of a cutaneous infection in a patient with a neoplastic disease. The fungus has not been reported previously as causing disease in humans. It was distinguished by its rather small conidia with smooth or slightly verruculose walls and a pale brown beak which rarely extended into a secondary conidiophore. In vitro inhibitory activities of amphotericin B, ketoconazole, itraconazole, and miconazole were shown.
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- J Gené
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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