title: Saksenaea erythrospora infection following a serious sailing accident.
abstract: Saksenaea erythrospora is a species of the order Mucorales recently described and reported as a cause of human mucormycosis. We report a case of S. erythrospora in a man involved in a serious sailing accident causing deep skin and soft tissue contamination with soil and water. Direct microscopic examination of the clinical sample with Giemsa stains showed hyaline and non-septate hyphae belonging to the order Mucorales. Fungal identification was performed by culture of biopsy material on SDA, and identification of species by floating an agar block containing the fungus in a nutritionally deficient medium consisting of sterile distilled water supplemented with 0.05 % yeast extract; and by sequencing the ITS region of the rDNA. This is the first report to our knowledge of infection with S. erythrospora in Argentina, confirming the presence of this fungus in this country.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas 'Dr Norberto Quirno' (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.|Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Argentina.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Relloso
authors.affiliation: Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas 'Dr Norberto Quirno' (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Vanesa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Argentina.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Landaburu
authors.affiliation: Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas 'Dr Norberto Quirno' (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.affiliation: Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas 'Dr Norberto Quirno' (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Jorgelina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smayevsky
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Argentina.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Veciño
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Universidad de Buenos Aires - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (IMPaM, UBA-CONICET), Argentina.
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mujica
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D001118:Argentina; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer