Open AccessPhaeohyphomycotic soft tissue disease caused by Pleurophomopsis lignicola in a kidney transplant patient
Author(s) -
Claudio Farina,
E. Punithaligham,
Piero Ruggenenti,
Antonio Goglio
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-46-8-699
Subject(s) - soft tissue , fungus , isolation (microbiology) , biology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , tissue culture , kidney , medicine , botany , biochemistry , in vitro , endocrinology
A 44-year-old immunocompromised man presented with multiple tissue abscesses, covering the entire left limb. A dematiaceous fungus compatible with Pleurophomopsis lignicola Petrak was isolated from the diseased tissue in pure culture. This is the second reported isolation of this fungus from man and the first report of fatal soft tissue infection. A detailed morphological description of the isolate is provided.