title: Isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of Mimosa pudica, a probable natural source of chromoblastomycosis.
abstract: We report the isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of the plant Mimosa pudica L. at the place of infection identified by one of our patients. Clinical diagnosis of chromoblastomycosis was established by direct microscopic examination and cultures from the patient's lesion. The same species was isolated from the patient and from the plant. Scanning electron microscopy of the surface of the thorns showed the characteristic conidial arrangement of F. pedrosoi. These data indicate that M. pudica could be a natural source of infection for the fungus F. pedrosoi.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Dermato-Imunologia, Universidade do Estado do Pará, Pará, Brasil. csalgado@ufpa.br
authors.forename: Claudio Guedes
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.forename: Jorge Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: José Antônio Picanço
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.forename: Moisés Batista
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Patrícia Fagundes
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Ubirajara Imbiriba
authors.initials: UI
authors.lastname: Salgado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D031298:Mimosa / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure