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First Report of Fatal Disseminated Blastomyces percursus Infection in a Liver Transplant Recipient in Iran, a Non-endemic Country: A Case Report

F. Ghiasvand Safoura Shakoeinejad Negar Hemmati T. Shahbazi K. Ahmadikia Z. Ahmadinejad S. Dashti-Khavidaki S. Mozaffari A. Khosravi

Jul 2026 · Mycopathologia · Vol 191 · 0 citations · 43 references

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A 31-year-old liver transplant recipient who developed progressive diffuse papulopustular and verrucous necrotic cutaneous lesions 17 months after transplantation is reported, highlighting the diagnostic complexity of invasive fungal infections in non-endemic regions and the importance of early molecular identification in immunocompromised patients presenting with atypical cutaneous and systemic fungal disease.

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