Phaeoacremonium krajdenii, a cause of white grain eumycetoma.
We describe the first case of white grain pedal eumycetoma caused by Phaeoacremonium krajdenii in a 41-year-old man from Goa, India. Based on histological examination of biopsy tissue showing serpentine granules, a culture of the granules yielding phaeoid fungal colonies, and morphological characteristics and sequence comparison of the partial beta-tubulin gene with the ex-type isolate of P. krajdenii, the causal agent was identified as P. krajdenii.
Hemashettar
B M
BM
Department of Microbiology, Basaveshwara Medical College, Chitradurga, India.
Siddaramappa
B
B
Munjunathaswamy
B S
BS
Pangi
A S
AS
Pattan
Jayashree
J
Andrade
A T
AT
Padhye
A A
AA
Mostert
Lizel
L
Summerbell
R C
RC
D000328:Adult; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D014404:Tubulin