Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in a scar after treatment with intralesional corticosteroid injections

Pincus, Laura B.; Schwartz, Brian S.; Cunningham, Gail; Saeed, Sadia; Berger, Timothy G.

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2008.11.908

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“…This case was a solitary lesion of phaeohyphomycosis occurring post‐MVA rather than multifocal lesions post‐MVA as in our case. The authors hypothesized that corticosteroid injections probably reactivated latent fungal organisms associated with plant matter within the laceration scars in their case …”

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Multifocal but non‐disseminated phaeohyphomycosis in a healthy man via a unique mechanism: Ejection from motor vehicle accident into a vegetable field in Afghanistan resulting in multiple contaminated skin wounds

Malakzai¹,

Sahak²,

Campbell

et al. 2017

J Cutan Pathol

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A 20-year-old male presented with multiple subcutaneous nodules on the head, neck, chest and oral cavity. FNA and biopsy showed pigmented fungal hyphae diagnostic of multifocal phaeohyphomycosis, found to be Exophiala spinifera by molecular diagnostics. The presentation initially raised concern for disseminated disease and occult immunosuppression. However, the patient appeared to be immunocompetent and otherwise healthy. Upon further inquiry, the patient was in a motor vehicle accident 4 years before presentation; he was ejected into a vegetable field resulting in multiple open wounds. Multifocal phaeohyphomycosis usually indicates disseminated systemic disease from immunosuppression and carries a grave prognosis.

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Multifocal but non‐disseminated phaeohyphomycosis in a healthy man via a unique mechanism: Ejection from motor vehicle accident into a vegetable field in Afghanistan resulting in multiple contaminated skin wounds

Malakzai¹,

Sahak²,

Campbell

et al. 2017

J Cutan Pathol

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“…In the first case, the active infection occurred 16 years after the injury due to the establishment of systemic immunosuppression caused by systemic lupus erythematosus and prednisone therapy [8][9][10] . The other cases occurred after corticosteroid injections that caused local immunosuppression [11][12][13] . The authors suggest possible fungal latency for years and the reactivation of infection after the development of an immunosuppressive state.…”

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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Cladophialophora bantiana: a first case report in an immunocompetent patient in Latin America and a brief literature review

Maquiné¹,

Rodrigues

Schettini³

et al. 2019

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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We report a rare case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in an immunocompetent patient in Amazonas, Brazil. This dematiaceous fungus has been mainly associated with life-threatening infections affecting the central nervous systems of immunosuppressed patients. We present the clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic aspects, and in vitro susceptibility test results for different antifungal drugs. A brief review of the cases reported in the literature over the past 20 years has also been discussed. According to the literature review, the present case is the first report of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to C. bantiana in an immunocompetent patient in Latin America.

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Corticotrophins, corticosteroids, and prostaglandins

Costa¹,

Farré²

2011

Side Effects of Drugs Annual

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Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in a scar after treatment with intralesional corticosteroid injections

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Multifocal but non‐disseminated phaeohyphomycosis in a healthy man via a unique mechanism: Ejection from motor vehicle accident into a vegetable field in Afghanistan resulting in multiple contaminated skin wounds

Multifocal but non‐disseminated phaeohyphomycosis in a healthy man via a unique mechanism: Ejection from motor vehicle accident into a vegetable field in Afghanistan resulting in multiple contaminated skin wounds

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Cladophialophora bantiana: a first case report in an immunocompetent patient in Latin America and a brief literature review

Corticotrophins, corticosteroids, and prostaglandins

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