Disseminated infection with Nattrassia mangiferae in an immunosuppressed patient

Birgit Willinger; Gerhard Kopetzky; Ferdinand Harm; Petra Apfalter; Athanasios Makristathis; Andrea Berer; Alexander Bankier; Stefan Winkler

doi:10.1128/JCM.42.1.478-480.2004

Disseminated infection with Nattrassia mangiferae in an immunosuppressed patient

J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jan;42(1):478-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.1.478-480.2004.

Authors

Birgit Willinger¹, Gerhard Kopetzky, Ferdinand Harm, Petra Apfalter, Athanasios Makristathis, Andrea Berer, Alexander Bankier, Stefan Winkler

Affiliation

¹ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, University of Vienna and Internal Medicine I, General Hospital, St. Pölten, Austria. birgit.willinger@akh-wien.ac.at

Abstract

Disseminated infection with the coelomycetous fungus Nattrassia mangiferae is a very rare disease affecting only the immunocompromised host. We report the first case of a disseminated infection with spondylodiscitis and granular skin lesions due to N. mangiferae in a renal transplant patient.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
Dermatomycoses / etiology*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
Male
Middle Aged
Mitosporic Fungi / isolation & purification*

Substances

Amphotericin B