New pyrenochaeta species causing keratitis.
We report a new fungus as an agent of fungal keratitis in a diabetic woman. The fungal etiology was established by classic microbiology and PCR following 3 months of antibacterial therapy. The morphological features of the isolate and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region indicate a new species of Pyrenochaeta (Coelomycetes).
Ferrer
Consuelo
C
Research & Development Department, Ophthalmology Division, Vissum Corporation, Instituto Oftalmológico de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain. cferrer@vissum.com
Pérez-Santonja
Juan J
JJ
Rodríguez
Alejandra E
AE
Colom
M Francisca
MF
Gené
Josepa
J
Alio
Jorge L
JL
Verkley
Gerard J M
GJ
Guarro
Josep
J
D000368:Aged; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer