New pyrenochaeta species causing keratitis.

ABSTRACT: We report a new fungus as an agent of fungal keratitis in a diabetic woman. The fungal etiology was established by classic microbiology and PCR following 3 months of antibacterial therapy. The morphological features of the isolate and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region indicate a new species of Pyrenochaeta (Coelomycetes).

SUBMITTER: Ferrer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2681840 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature