Invasive Trichophyton rubrum mimicking blastomycosis in a patient with solid organ transplant

Faezeh Talebi-Liasi; Michi M Shinohara

doi:10.1111/cup.12987

Invasive Trichophyton rubrum mimicking blastomycosis in a patient with solid organ transplant

J Cutan Pathol. 2017 Sep;44(9):798-800. doi: 10.1111/cup.12987. Epub 2017 Jul 21.

Authors

Faezeh Talebi-Liasi¹, Michi M Shinohara²

Affiliations

¹ University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
² Divisions of Dermatology and Dermatopathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

PMID: 28627008
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12987

Abstract

We present a case of tissue invasive Trichophyton rubrum (T. rubrum) histologically mimicking blastomycosis in a patient with kidney transplant on chronic immunosuppression. Invasive dermatophyte infections are rare, and present a diagnostic challenge to the dermatopathologist due to atypical clinical and histopathological presentations.

Keywords: blastomycosis; immunosuppression; invasive Trichophyton rubrum; solid organ transplant.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blastomycosis / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Kidney Transplantation
Male
Middle Aged
Tinea / diagnosis
Tinea / immunology*
Tinea / pathology
Transplant Recipients
Trichophyton

Supplementary concepts

Trichophyton infection