Phomopsis bougainvilleicola prepatellar bursitis in a renal transplant recipient.

ABSTRACT: Prepatellar bursitis is typically a monomicrobial bacterial infection. A fungal cause is rarely identified. We describe a 61-year-old man who had received a renal transplant 21 months prior to presentation whose synovial fluid and surgical specimens grew Phomopsis bougainvilleicola, a pycnidial coelomycete.

SUBMITTER: Cariello PF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553907 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature