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. 2013 Oct 30;1(1):100-6.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare1010100.

Cutaneous Alternariosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria: Three Cases in Kidney Transplant Patients

Leonor Lopes  1 , João Borges-Costa  2   3 , Luís Soares-Almeida  4   5 , Paulo Filipe  6   7 , Fernanda Neves  8 , Alice Santana  9 , José Guerra  10 , Heinz Kutzner  11
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Cutaneous Alternariosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria: Three Cases in Kidney Transplant Patients

Leonor Lopes et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The genus Alternaria has more than 80 species. Alternaria alternata and Alternaria infectoria are the most frequent species associated with infections in humans. Their clinical importance lies in the growing number of cases reported in immunocompromised patients. Herein, we report three cases of kidney-transplanted patients with different clinical presentations of cutaneous alternariosis and we discuss the treatment options.

Keywords: Alternaria infectoria; cutaneous alternariosis; infection skin disorders in organ transplant recipients.

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Figure 1
Clinical presentation of cutaneous alternariosis: violaceous nodules on the legs.
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Figure 2
(a) Clinical presentation of cutaneous alternariosis: papules and nodules with a fine scaly and a central hemorrhagic crust on both legs; (b) Clinical presentation of cutaneousalternariosis: two ulcerated nodules on the right leg; (c) Histopathologic findings of cutaneous alternariosis in skin biopsy: presence of septate hyphae on Periodic-acid-Schiff stain.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Clinical presentation of cutaneous alternariosis: erythematosus nodule on the dorsal aspect of the third finger of the right hand.
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