First isolation of the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast Trichosporon faecale in Germany, from the skin of a patient with tinea pedis.
Mycoses due to yeasts belonging to other genera than Candida have become common in the last years especially in immuno-compromised patients. Species of the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast genus Trichosporon are such opportunistic human pathogenic yeasts which cause several diseases. In this study, Trichosporon faecale is reported in Germany for the first time. The isolate was taken from a human foot, where it was associated with a tinea pedis. The fungal isolate was identified by investigating the morphology, physiology by a commercial API 32 C-set and molecular data of SSU and LSU rDNA as well as the ITS region.
Hahner
Désirée
D
Department of Mycology, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, J. W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Siesmayerstr, 70, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. desiree.hahner@web.de
Kirschner
Roland
R
Piepenbring
Meike
M
Schöfer
Helmut
H
D000328:Adult; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer