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Review
. 2004 Jun;42(6):2843-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2843-2846.2004.

First U.S. report of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa in a heart transplant recipient and review of the literature

D A Sutton  1 , M G Rinaldi, M Kielhofner
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First U.S. report of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa in a heart transplant recipient and review of the literature

D A Sutton et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

Veronaea botryosa is a rare agent of human phaeohyphomycosis. We describe the first case of subcutaneous disease occurring in the United States, alert clinicians to the second report of a transplant-associated mycosis in a heart transplant recipient, extend the previously defined area of endemicity, and review the literature.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
(A) Gomori methenamine silver stain of hyphae in tissue. (B) Fontana-Masson stain demonstrating melanized hyphae in tissue. (C) Colonial morphology on potato flake agar after 14 days of incubation at 25°C. (D) Branched conidiophores bearing numerous scars laterally and at the apex, producing predominately single-septate, brown, smooth-walled conidia with rounded apices and truncate bases.
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