Cutaneous infection by Phomopsis longicolla in a renal transplant recipient from Guinea: first report of human infection by this fungus

A. Garcia‐Reyne, F. López‐Medrano, J.M. Morales, C. García Esteban, I. Martín, I. Eraña, Y. Meije, A. Lalueza, A. Alastruey‐Izquierdo, J.L. Rodríguez‐Tudela, J.M. Aguado. Cutaneous infection by Phomopsis longicolla in a renal transplant recipient from Guinea: first report of human infection by this fungus. Transpl Infect Dis 2011: 13: 204–207. All rights reserved Abstract: We report the case of a 72‐year‐old female renal transplant recipient with a nodular lesion in the distal phalange of the third left finger produced by a dematiaceous fungus that was identified as Phomopsis longicolla. She was treated with itraconazole and terbinafine and later with voriconazole, without response. The patient underwent a surgical resection with lesion‐free edge and continued on voriconazole. One year later she was asymptomatic and had not developed new lesions.