title: Identification and first report of Inonotus (Phellinus) tropicalis as an etiologic agent in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease.
abstract: Although isolates of filamentous basidiomycetes can usually be recognized in a clinical laboratory setting, identification is problematic, as they seldom exhibit diagnostic morphological features formed in nature. This paper is the first report of Inonotus (Phellinus) tropicalis inciting human disease and describes the methods used to support the identification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. suttond@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Iwen
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Nakasone
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rosenblatt
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal