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SUBMITTER: Lo Cascio G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC525136 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lo Cascio G G Ligozzi M M Maccacaro L L Fontana R R
Journal of clinical microbiology 20041101 11
We report on a case of cutaneous infection caused by Alternaria infectoria in a cardiac transplant recipient. A rapid molecular diagnosis was obtained by sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer domain of the 5.8S ribosomal DNA region amplified from colonies developed on Sabouraud medium. Treatment consisted of a combination of systemic antifungal therapy, first with amphotericin B and then with itraconazole. ...[more]