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Case Reports
. 2017 Dec 18;4(1):27-29.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2017.10.008. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Trichosporon inkin causing invasive infection with multiple skin abscesses in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with voriconazole

Arnaud Jannic  1   2 , Matthieu Lafaurie  3   2 , Blandine Denis  3   2 , Samia Hamane  4   2 , Fabien Metivier  5   2 , Michel Rybojad  1   2 , Jean-David Bouaziz  1   2 , Martine Bagot  1   2 , Marie Jachiet  1   2
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Trichosporon inkin causing invasive infection with multiple skin abscesses in a renal transplant patient successfully treated with voriconazole

Arnaud Jannic et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Trichosporon inkin; renal transplant; trichosporonosis; voriconazole.

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Fig 1
Skin lesions of disseminated trichosporonosis. A, subcutaneous abscesses of the right thigh. B, Pretibial abscess after fistulization. C, Computer-Tomography Scanner views show deep-seated T inkin collection of the anterior left tight muscular compartment (dart). D, Direct examination of Trichosporon with potassium hydroxide: yeastlike cells and pseudomycelium.
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