Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa in the People's Republic of China.
The second case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Veronaea botryosa in China, in a 12-year-old boy from Jiangsu Province, is presented. Based on direct examination of the scrapings from crusted lesions; histologic examination of the biopsy tissue showing septate, phaeoid hyphal elements; and the culture exhibiting sympodial, conidiogenous cells producing predominantly two-celled, cylindric conidia, the etiologic agent was identified as V. botryosa.
Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
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Matsushita
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Jilong
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Hiruma
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Kobayashi
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Matsumoto
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Ogawa
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Padhye
D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology