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.
Mangiaterra
M
M
Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. magmangi@bib.unne.edu.ar
Giusiano
G
G
Smilasky
G
G
Zamar
L
L
Amado
G
G
Vincentín
C
C
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