Invasive Trichophyton rubrum mimicking blastomycosis in a patient with solid organ transplant.
Faezeh Talebi-LiasiMichi M ShinoharaPublished in: Journal of cutaneous pathology (2017)
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.
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