We describe a renal transplant recipient with cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis due to Paecilomyces lilacinus and highlight the increasing importance of such opportunistic fungal infections in immunosuppressed patients.
Simultaneous cutaneous infection due to Paecilomyces lilacinus and Alternaria in a heart transplant patient
✍ Scribed by Lavergne, R.A.; Cassaing, S.; Nocera, T.; Pauwels, C.; Cointault, O.; Basse, G.; Lavayssière, L.; Berry, A.; Kamar, N.; Lamant, L.; Iriart, X.; Linas, M.D.; Valentin, A.; Fillaux, J.; Paul, C.; Magnaval, J.F.
- Book ID
- 119880391
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1398-2273
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