Pyrenochaeta romeroi causing subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic cyst in a diabetic female.
Opportunistic subcutaneous fungal infections are increasing in present times due to increasing incidence of many medical conditions causing immunosupression like diabetes, AIDS, organ transplant recipients and anticancer therapy. Pyrenochaeta romeroi, a fungus from the dematiaceae group, first described by Borelli in 1959, is saprophyte to soil and plants.We present a rare case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic cyst in a diabetic female caused by P. romeroi.
Department of Microbiology, Bhagat Phool Singh Goverment Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Sarita
S
Yadav
Department of Pathology, Bhagat Phool Singh Goverment Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Ruchi
R
Agarwal
Department of Microbiology, Bhagat Phool Singh Goverment Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Sundeep
S
Singh
Department of Microbiology, Bhagat Phool Singh Goverment Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat, Haryana, India.
Shikha
S
Goel
Cyst; Phaeohypomycosis; Pyrenochaeta; Subcutaneous