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Ana Paula Carvalho Reis1,2, Daniel Valério Silva Moreira1,2, Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro1,2
1Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Laboratório de Micologia Médica, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
Phaeohyphomycosis is a fungal infection common in immunocompromised patients such as those with hematologic malignancies, transplant recipients or under prolonged corticosteroid use. Here we describe a rare case of phaeohyphomycosis due to Biatriospora mackinnonii in a kidney transplant patient. We confirmed B. mackinnonii identity by sequencing of the internal transcribed spaces (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and achieved a satisfactory therapeutic response with itraconazole administration.
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