Emerging Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria.

Emerging Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria infectoria. Acta Med Port. 2020 Oct 12;: Authors: Kieselová K, Gomes T, Santiago F, Martinha H Abstract Alternaria species belong to a group of opportunistic fungi that causes skin infection mainly in immunosuppressed patients. The authors describe two clinically distinct cases of cutaneous alternariosis caused by Alternaria infectoria in patients under prolonged corticosteroid treatment. Additionally, a brief review of published cases in portuguese patients is conducted. PMID: 33054931 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Medica Portuguesa - Category: General Medicine Tags: Acta Med Port Source Type: research