Phaeohyphomycotic soft tissue infections caused by the coelomycetous fungus Microsphaeropsis arundinis.
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.
Pendle
Stella
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Department of Microbiology, Pacific Laboratory Medicine Services, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
Weeks
Kerry
K
Priest
Michael
M
Gill
Anthony
A
Hudson
Bernard
B
Kotsiou
George
G
Pritchard
Robert
R
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