Cutaneous infection by Diaporthe phaseolorum in Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Diaporthe phaseolorum is a frequent fungal parasite of plants, rarely involved in human diseases. We describe a case of cutaneous infection caused by this fungus diagnosed by morphology and molecular biology, on the hands and on a foot of a renal transplanted Brazilian farmer. The infection was resolved with oral itraconazole.

SUBMITTER: Mattei AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3885928 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature