Pyrenochaeta romeroi causing subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic cyst in a diabetic female.

ABSTRACT: Opportunistic subcutaneous fungal infections are increasing in present times due to increasing incidence of many medical conditions causing immunosupression like diabetes, AIDS, organ transplant recipients and anticancer therapy. Pyrenochaeta romeroi, a fungus from the dematiaceae group, first described by Borelli in 1959, is saprophyte to soil and plants.We present a rare case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic cyst in a diabetic female caused by P. romeroi.

SUBMITTER: Yadav S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4412969 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature