Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by a Novel Species, Pseudochaetosphaeronema martinelli.

ABSTRACT: Among the opportunistic mycoses that are emerging in patients with immunosuppression or severe underlying illness, many isolates lack of characteristic sporulation and until recently could not be identified. Clinical signs are mostly nonspecific and therefore such infections have often been disregarded. In the present paper we describe a novel, nonsporulating fungal species causing subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in two patients of different origin. One is a 73-year-old female from Martinique who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, while the other case concerns a 72-year-old male from Mexico who had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Sequencing of the partial ribosomal operon revealed that in both cases a member of the order Pleosporales was concerned which could not be affiliated to an

SUBMITTER: Ahmed SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4540917 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature