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Subcutaneous Mycosis Due to Cladosporium cladosporioides and Bipolaris cynodontis from Assam, North-East India and Review of Published Literature.
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Mycopathologia [Mycopathologia] 2015 Dec; Vol. 180 (5-6), pp. 379-87. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 22. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- A large number of phaeoid fungi cause infection in humans and other animals which is characterized by the basic development of sclerotic body, dark-coloured filamentous hyphae as well as yeast-like cells in the invaded tissue. Two cases of subcutaneous mycosis in immunocompetent male patients aged 55 and 58 years attending Dermatology outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Assam, north-east India, are reported. The first case was diagnosed as chromoblastomycosis which was caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides. The patient clinically presented with a chronic verrucous and nodular growth of 32-year duration on the left foot and leg. Identification of the species was done by sequencing the D1/D2 region of LSU (large subunit 28S rDNA). The patient was treated with surgical resection and oral itraconazole which showed good clinical response and total regression of lesion after 9 months. The second case due to Bipolaris cynodontis presented as verrucous exophytic growth over the dorsum of the right foot of 1-year duration which was diagnosed as chromoblastomycosis. The identification of the species was done by sequencing the ITS region. The patient was started with oral itraconazole but was lost to follow-up. Chromoblastomycosis due to Cladosporium cladosporioides is rare. Bipolaris cynodontis is not yet reported as a cause of human infection. The aetiological role of this fungus was confirmed by repeated isolation of the fungus from the lesion and direct microscopy. Molecular identification methods can increase the spectrum of black moulds causing human infection in coming years. We are reporting these two cases with review of the available literature.
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- Animals
Antifungal Agents administration & dosage
Ascomycota classification
Ascomycota genetics
Cluster Analysis
DNA, Fungal chemistry
DNA, Fungal genetics
DNA, Ribosomal chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal genetics
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer genetics
Debridement
Dermatomycoses microbiology
Dermatomycoses therapy
Humans
India
Itraconazole administration & dosage
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 28S genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Soft Tissue Infections microbiology
Soft Tissue Infections therapy
Ascomycota isolation & purification
Dermatomycoses diagnosis
Dermatomycoses pathology
Soft Tissue Infections diagnosis
Soft Tissue Infections pathology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-0832
- Volume :
- 180
- Issue :
- 5-6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Mycopathologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26198088
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-015-9926-x