Keratitis by Fusarium temperatum, a novel opportunist.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fusarium species are among the most common fungi present in the environment and some species have emerged as major opportunistic fungal infection in human. However, in immunocompromised hosts they can be virulent pathogens and can cause death. The pathogenesis of this infection relies on three factors: colonization, tissue damage, and immunosuppression. A novel Fusarium species is reported for the first time from keratitis in an agriculture worker who acquired the infection from plant material of maize. Maize plants are the natural host of this fungus where it causes stalk rot and seeding malformation under temperate and humid climatic conditions. The clinical manifestation, microbiological morphology, physiological features and molecular data are described.

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SUBMITTER: Al-Hatmi AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4234859 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature