George S M C, Quante M, Cubbon M D, MacDiarmaid-Gordon A R, Topham E J
Department of Dermatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
Department of Cellular Pathology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
Clin Exp Dermatol. 2016 Dec;41(8):911-914. doi: 10.1111/ced.12959. Epub 2016 Oct 27.
Rhodotorula is a ubiquitous environmental and commensal yeast, and an emerging opportunistic pathogen, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. Clinical infections with Rhodotorula have been increasingly recognized over the past 30 years; however, infections in solid-organ transplant recipients are uncommon, and cutaneous manifestations have rarely been reported. We describe a 59-year-old male renal transplant recipient, who developed cutaneous infection with Rhodotorula upon failure of his graft and commencement of haemodialysis.
