Keratomycosis caused by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola.
We present a case of keratomycosis caused by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola in a 30-year-old immunocompetent male patient living in a rural area of Formosa Province (north-eastern Argentina). No ocular trauma is reported in his case history. There are no previous reports of infections caused by this fungus in Argentina.
Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. magmangi@bib.unne.edu.ar
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Mangiaterra
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Giusiano
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Smilasky
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Zamar
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Amado
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Vincentín
D000328:Adult; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000145:classification; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000145:classification