title: Phaeohyphomycotic soft tissue infections caused by the coelomycetous fungus Microsphaeropsis arundinis.
abstract: Microsphaeropsis arundinis is an anamorphic fungal plant inhabitant belonging to the form class Coelomycetes. We describe two cases of M. arundinis soft tissue infections in immunosuppressed patients. This organism has not previously been described as causing disease in humans. It was identified on the basis of its typical ostiolate pycnidial conidiomata, ampulliform conidiogenous cells, and small, smooth-walled, brown, cylindrical conidia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Pacific Laboratory Medicine Services, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pendle
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weeks
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Priest
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kotsiou
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pritchard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology