First human case of pulmonary fungal ball due to a Perenniporia species (a basidiomycete).
Perenniporia species are basidiomycetes, resupinate shelf fungi responsible for white rot decay of wood. Here, we report for the first time an intracavitary pulmonary fungal ball due to a species of Perenniporia that has not been recognized so far as a human pathogen. The fungus was identified by sequencing of the partial ribosomal operon of a culture from a clinical specimen.
Department of Medical Mycology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. dranuradha@hotmail.com
Anuradha
A
Chowdhary
Kshitij
K
Agarwal
Shallu
S
Kathuria
Pradeep Kumar
PK
Singh
P
P
Roy
S N
SN
Gaur
Anderson M
AM
Rodrigues
G S
GS
de Hoog
Jacques F
JF
Meis
D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011124:Polyporaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S