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Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis of foot caused by Curvularia clavata
Author(s) -
Fan YiMing,
Huang WenMing,
Li ShunFan,
Wu GuoFeng,
Li Wen,
Chen RongYi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01646.x
Subject(s) - phaeohyphomycosis , curvularia , chromoblastomycosis , exudate , foot (prosody) , biology , dermatology , fluconazole , medicine , pathology , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology , linguistics , philosophy , aspergillus
Summary A case of cutaneous lesions on the left foot caused by Curvularia clavata in a 64‐year‐old immunocompetent man is described. Fungal elements were found in the exudate and biopsy specimen. The isolate was identified as C. clavata based on its colonial and microscopic morphology in pure culture. The skin lesions healed after a 12‐week regimen with oral fluconazole. This is the second case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by C. clavata .