We describe a cardiac transplant patient who had human cutaneous alternariosis with a sporotrichoid distribution of skin lesions. In this patient identification of the causative organism Alternaria infectoria was achieved by sequencing the rDNA internal transcribed spacer domain. Treatment with itraconazole led to clinical resolution within 4 months.

This communication reports the second known case of oral phaeohyphomycosis in a patient with squamocellular carcinoma of the lip. The patient, an 82-year-old black woman, a former smoker (for more than 30 years), suffering from an ulcerous vegetative lesion in the middle third of the lower lip for approximately 12 months. The result of the histopathological analysis indicated carcinoma, with we...

Phaeohyphomycosis is caused by a large, heterogenous group of darkly pigmented fungi. The presence of melanin in their cell walls is characteristic, and is likely an important virulence factor. These infections are being increasingly seen in a variety of clinical syndromes in both immunocompromised and normal individuals. Transplant patients are especially at risk due their prolonged immunosupp...

BACKGROUND Cladophialophora bantiana is the most frequent cause of central nervous system phaeohyphomycosis. AIMS We report a case of phaeohyphomycosis by C. bantiana in a patient with underlying lung disease on steroid therapy. METHODS An 81-year-old male was admitted in August 2011 with a history of difficulty speaking and deflection of the oral commeasure to the left side with a brain ab...

Phaeohyphomycosis falls into a large group of diseases caused by Dematiaceous fungi and is a well known deep fungal infection having a worldwide distribution, but principally localized to the tropics and subtropics. It is broadly categorized into subcutaneous and systemic forms, the latter being more common in the immunocompromised host, often with visceral dissemination, although examples in t...

We report a case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Wallemia sebi in a 43-year-old-female, the first case reported since 1950. The lesion presented as a nonhealing ulcer on the dorsum of the left foot. Diagnosis was based on histological demonstration of the fungus and its recovery in culture.