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Macrophomina phaseolina: an overlooked cutaneous infection, seed rot disease in humans
Author(s) -
Schwartz Robert A.,
Kapila Rajendra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.14707
Subject(s) - macrophomina phaseolina , cellulitis , medicine , dermatology , keratitis , disease , pathogen , pathology , biology , immunology , botany
Abstract Rare and emerging opportunistic fungal pathogens are a serious and growing concern for immunosuppressed patients. Macrophomina phaseolina , an important soilborne plant pathogen in tropical and subtropical soil, should be considered in this category. It may be evident as a localized cutaneous cellulitis or as an ocular keratitis . We describe a 42‐year‐old diabetic male originally from India in whom a soft tissue mass of the foot proved to be an M. phaseolina cellulitis and review the literature. To our knowledge, only four individuals have been documented with infections with this organism, three of whom were immunocompromised.