Ten-Year Experience of Cutaneous and/or Subcutaneous Infections Due to Coelomycetes in France.

ABSTRACT: Background.  Coelomycetes are rarely but increasingly reported in association with human infections involving mostly skin and subcutaneous tissues, both in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Coelomycetes constitute a heterogeneous group of filamentous fungi with distinct morphological characteristics in culture, namely an ability to produce asexual spores within fruit bodies. Methods.  We included all cases of proven primary cutaneous and/or subcutaneous infections due to coelomycetes received for identification at the French National Reference Center for Invasive Mycoses and Antifungals between 2005 and 2014. Eumycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, and disseminated infections were excluded. Results.  Eighteen cases were analyzed. The median age was 60.5 years. In all cases, patients

SUBMITTER: Guegan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4943527 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature