Open AccessNecrotizing fungal infection due to Saksenaea erythrospora: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Bipasha Mukherjee,
Debtosh Kundu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_389_18
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , medicine , internal transcribed spacer , gold standard (test) , polymerase chain reaction , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , genetics , ribosomal rna , gene
Mucormycosis caused by Saksenaea erythrospora is an emerging infection seen with soil contamination, burns and/or nosocomial infections. PCR amplification and internal transcribed spacer sequencing is gold standard for its identification. Here, we report a case of necrotizing fungal orbital infection by S. erythrospora in an immunocompetent child.