A rare fungal infection: Phaehyphomycosis due to Veronaea botryosa and review of literature

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Phaeohyphomycosis
• Immunosuppression
• Heart transplant recipient
• V. botryosa