In depth search of the Sequence Read Archive database reveals global distribution of the emerging pathogenic fungus Scedosporium aurantiacum.

ABSTRACT: Scedosporium species are emerging opportunistic fungal pathogens causing various infections mainly in immunocompromised patients, but also in immunocompetent individuals, following traumatic injuries. Clinical manifestations range from local infections, such as subcutaneous mycetoma or bone and joint infections, to pulmonary colonization and severe disseminated diseases. They are commonly found in soil and other environmental sources. To date S. aurantiacum has been reported only from a handful of countries. To identify the worldwide distribution of this species we screened publicly available sequencing data from fungal metabarcoding studies in the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) of The National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) by multiple BLAST searches. S. aurantiacum was found in

SUBMITTER: Irinyi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994208 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature