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Majocchi's granuloma after antithymocyte globulin therapy in a liver transplant patient.

Author(s): Gega A, Ketsela G, Glavin FL, Soldevilla-Pico C, Schain D

Affiliation(s): Department of Medicine, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA. arjet.gega@yale.edu

Publication date & source: 2010-04, Transpl Infect Dis., 12(2):143-5. Epub 2009 Sep 15.

Publication type: Case Reports

Majocchi's granuloma (MG) is an atypical and uncommon presentation of dermatophytic infection involving the invasion of dermal and subcutaneous tissue by fungal organisms. It usually begins as a suppurative folliculitis and may culminate in the development of widespread granulomas. Immunosuppressed patients are at increased risk, especially those with T-cell deficiencies. We describe a case of inguinal MG in a liver transplant patient who had received antithymocyte globulin for acute rejection.

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