Emerging pathogen in immunocompromised hosts: Exophiala dermatitidis mycosis in graft-versus-host disease

Abstract

Infection with the dematiaceous environmental fungus Exophiala, an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised individuals, poses a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Herein, we report the first Exophiala dermatitidis fungemia case, to our knowledge, in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient with graft-versus-host disease, expanding the clinical setting where Exophiala species mycosis should be suspected.

Keywords: Exophiala; graft-versus-host disease; hematopoietic stem cell transplant.