Phaeoacremonium parasiticum infections confirmed by beta-tubulin sequence analysis of case isolates.

ABSTRACT: Phaeoacremonium parasiticum is an agent of opportunistic phaeohyphomycosis belonging to a genus encompassing numerous recently described and soon-to-be-described, difficult-to-identify human pathogens. It appears in the literature to be an uncommon etiologic agent, yet we encountered several cases in a single year. Each presented problems in laboratory identification and case management. We present two cases of invasive disease with definite identification and susceptibility results. These cases are analyzed in relation to a brief review of previous cases known to have been caused by this species. Our first case involved a 40-year-old male cardiac transplant recipient with multiple localized skin lesions. The second featured a 31-year-old female with aplastic anemia and prolonged neutropen

SUBMITTER: Baddley JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1489458 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature