Subcutaneous abscess caused by Pleurophomopsis lignicola Petr: first case.
The dematiaceous coelomycete Pleurophomopsis lignicola Petr. was isolated repeatedly in pure culture from a subcutaneous abscess of the left leg in a farmer undergoing corticosteroid therapy for asthma gravis. To our knowledge, we report the first case involving this fungus as an aetiological agent of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis.
Chabasse
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D
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU, Angers, France.
de Bievre
C
C
Legrand
E
E
Saint-Andre
J P
JP
de Gentile
L
L
Cimon
B
B
Bouchara
J P
JP
D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005658:Fungi / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans