Rare and unusual presentation of Cladophialophora infection in a pulmonary transplant cystic fibrosis patient.
Quitterie ReynaudDamien DupontRaphaële Nove-JosserandStephane DuruptFlorence PersatFlorence AderDominique GrenetIsabelle DurieuPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2017)
A 35-year-old woman with severe cystic fibrosis was admitted for sudden loss of strength in both legs, revealing a myelitis. The medullary lesion biopsy revealed phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora species. Myelitis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana is a rare disease associated with high mortality.