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Murine Skin Transplantation
Published on: January 16, 2008
Cutaneous alternariosis in a liver transplant recipient
Raquel Vieira1, Júlio Veloso, Ana Afonso
1Department of Dermatology, Curry Cabral Hospital, Alam Qta Sto Antonio 5 nucleo 3, 2 Esq, 1600-675 Lisbon, Portugal. raquelvieira@net.sapo.pt
Revista Iberoamericana De Micologia
|July 21, 2006
Abstract:
We describe the case of a liver transplant patient with a cutaneous alternariosis due to Alternaria infectoria. Cutaneous lesions regressed with the decrease in daily doses of immunosuppressors. The skin lesion remains cicatricial after one year of follow-up.
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