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Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Pyrenochaeta unguis‐hominis in a diabetic patient: A case report
Author(s) -
Gong Yu,
Chen Zeyu,
Ma Yue'e,
Jiang Weiwei,
Hu Yifan,
Shi Yuling
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/ajd.13177
Subject(s) - phaeohyphomycosis , medicine , dermatology , pathology
Phaeohyphomycosis, caused by opportunistic rare fungi, has increasingly been reported in diabetic and immunosuppressed patients. Pyrenochaeta unguis‐hominis ( P. unguis‐hominis ), a member of the dematiaceae group, has been identified to cause human nail infection. We report a rare case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in a diabetic female caused by P. unguis‐hominis .