title: Chaetomium globosum Cutaneous Fungal Infection Confirmed by Molecular Identification: A Case Report from Malaysia.
abstract: An 11-year-old girl presented with multiple blisters on her the right foot complicated with cellulitis. The conventional and molecular identification were performed on the culture. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region in rRNA gene of the isolate was amplified by PCR. The sequence of the amplified ITS region matched 99 % with that of Chaetomium globosum in the GenBank. This is the first report describing C. globosum causing cutaneous infection in Malaysia.
authors.affiliation: Bacteriology Unit, Infectious Diseases Research Center, Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ratna@imr.gov.my.
authors.forename: Ratna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohd Tap
authors.forename: Parameswari
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sabaratnam
authors.forename: Nur Ashikin
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Mohd Fuat
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Abd Razak
authors.forename: Rohaidah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.forename: Norazah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002597:Chaetomium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008853:Microscopy; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer