Anne Welfringer, Valérie Vuong, Nicolas Argy, Christian Chochillon, Lydia Deschamps, Guillaume Rollin, Stanislas Harent, Véronique Joly, William Vindrios, Vincent Descamps
We report a rare case of phaehyphomycosis in a 71-year-old heart transplant recipient Togo native patient. Four months after the transplant, he presented painless nodules on the right heel with superficial ulceration. The polyphasic identification uncovered a rare cause of phaehyphomycose: V. botryosa. The treatment combined surgical excision of the lesions and anti-fungal therapy with posaconazole. We discussed eleven reported cases in literature since 1990.
March 2017: Medical Mycology Case Reports