Pulmonary Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Phaeoacremonium in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: Successful Treatment with Posaconazole

Table 1

Skin and subcutaneous infection, osteomyelitis, endophthalmitis, and onychomycosis due to Phaeoacremonium species.

Number	Reference	Species	Age/sex	Underlying condition	Clinical disease	Treatment	Outcome
1	Padhye et al., 1998 [4]	P. inflatipes	83/F	None	Subcutaneous infection of the foot	Excision	Complete healing
2	Matsui et al., 1999 [5]	P. rubrigenum	61/F	Rheumatoid arthritis	Subcutaneous mass of the foot	Excision; Itraconazole; Fluconazole	Recurred
3	Kitamura et al., 2000 [6]	P. parasiticum	59/F	None	Subcutaneous nodule below the knee	Excision	Complete healing
4	Guarro et al., 2003 [7]	P. aleophilum	19/M	None	Fistulized nodule on the ankle	Excision (six times); Itraconazole	Cured
5	Guarro et al., 2003 [7]	P. rubrigenum	55/M	Renal transplant	Multiple nodules of ankle and foot	Excision; Itraconazole; Terbinafine; Fluconazole	Not resolved
6	Llinas et al., 2005 [8]	Phaeoacremonium species	54/F	Myelodysplastic syndrome, IgA deficiency	Olecranon bursitis	Excision; Itraconazole	Resolved
7	Baddley et al., 2006.[9]	P. parasiticum	40/M	Cardiac transplant	Multiple skin lesions	Amphotericin B, Itraconazole; Debridement	Died
8	Hemashettar et al., 2006 [10]	P. krajdenii	41/M	None	Mycetoma	Itraconazole; Debridement	Recurred
9	Marques et al., 2006 [11]	P. parasiticum	49/M	Renal transplant	Draining cystic tumors on the foot	Itraconazole; Amphotericin B	Improved
10	Huynh et al., 2007 [12]	P. parasiticum	19/M	Penetrating globe injury	Endophthalmitis	Amphotericin B; Voriconazole	Improved
11	Farina et al., 2007 [13]	P. parasiticum	41/M	Kidney transplant	Subcutaneous nodule on the forefinger	Excision	Resolved
12	Baradkar et al., 2009 [14]	P. parasiticum	26/F	None	Subcutaneous abscess on the forearm	Debridement Amphotericin B Itraconazole	Resolved
13	Sun et al., 2011 [15]	P. parasiticum	55/M	None	Onychomycosis	Diseased nail was trimmed off; Topical sulconazole	Cured
14	Aguilar et al., 2011.[16]	P. parasiticum	52/F	Type 2 diabetes hypothyroidism.	Eumycetoma	Surgery (multiple times), Itraconazole	Improved
15	Baradkar et al., 2011 [17]	P. infalitipes	30/M	None	Subcutaneous mass of the foot	Debridement, Amphotericin B, Itraconazole	Cured
16	Choi et al., 2011 [18]	Phaeoacremonium species	54/M	Renal transplant	Subcutaneous mass on the third finger	Excision	Resolved
17	Mazzurco et al., 2012 [19]	Phaeoacremonium species	74/M	Rheumatoid arthritis, on infliximab	Nodule on the leg	Excision; Itraconazole	Resolved
18	Furudate et al., 2012 [20]	P. rubrigenum	76/F	Still's disease, on prednisolone	Subcutaneous nodules on the leg	Debridement, Itraconazole	Resolved
19	To et al., 2012 [21]	P. parasiticum	69/M	Diabetes mellitus	Right knee Pain and swelling	Arthrotomy and drainage, Itraconazole, total knee replacement	Improved
20	Guarro et al., 2006 [22]	P. venezuelense	28/M	Chronic myeloid leukemia	Subcutaneous mycoses	Surgical excision	Not known