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Superficial and deep fungal infections are more frequent in transplant recipients primarily because of the failure of cell‐mediated immunity and lesser amount of antigen‐presenting Langerhans cells in their epidermis. Here,… Click to show full abstract
Superficial and deep fungal infections are more frequent in transplant recipients primarily because of the failure of cell‐mediated immunity and lesser amount of antigen‐presenting Langerhans cells in their epidermis. Here, we report seven cases of post‐renal transplant subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, all of which manifested within 1 year after transplantation and were unresponsive to prolonged courses of itraconazole. This is the first case series, to our knowledge, of phaeohyphomycosis in transplant recipients in India.
Journal Title: Transplant Infectious Disease
Year Published: 2017
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