New-onset Majocchi's granuloma in two kidney transplant recipients under tacrolimus treatment

In 1883, Majocchi first described an intracutaneous or subcutaneous granulomatous inflammation arising as a result of local invasion by a dermatophyte, which he called granuloma tricofitico. t The most common cause is Trichophyton rubrum. 2 Two types of Majocchi's granuloma have been described, a perifollicular type secondary to trauma and a subcutaneous nodular type in immunocompromised hosts.2,3 We describe two