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. 2017 Jun 9:17:20-24.
doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.06.002. eCollection 2017 Sep.

Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case

Amy Baggott  1 , Hugh McGann  1 , Richard Barton  2 , Jennifer Ratner  2
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Disseminated Nannizziopsis obscura infection in a renal transplant patient- The first reported case

Amy Baggott et al. Med Mycol Case Rep. .

Abstract

This is a presentation of a case of disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant patient with Nannizziopsis obscura, a species not previously reported as having caused disseminated disease in humans and not previously reported in the UK. The fungus was isolated from a intramuscular collection and from a lymph node. The patient responded well to a course of posaconazole.

Keywords: Nannizziopsis; Renal transplant.

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Anterior view of truncal rash.
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Posterior view of truncal rash; dressing at site of thoracic collection drainage.
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Plantar lesions, right foot.
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Truncal rash, detail.
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Phylogenetic tree containing patient isolate sequence (generated from the CBS database) .
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Colonies of Nannizziopsis sp. on Sabouraud agar.
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Lactophenol cotton blue staining of Nannizziopsis culture.
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Microscopy of Nannizziopsis culture showing arthroconidia in chains.
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X100 Fluorescence microscopy of calcofluor stained tissue.
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