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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cerne, Carlie
• Seyedmousavi, Seyedmojtaba
• Bennett, John E.

Titel

Cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis due to Petriella setifera following traumatic inoculation in an immunocompetent host

Ist Teil von

• Medical mycology case reports, 2021-06, Vol.32, p.56-60

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A common cause of subcutaneous mycoses in immunocompetent patients is traumatic inoculation. This is the first reported case of cutaneous infection with Petriella setifera in a human host. A 49-year-old immunocompetent man sustained a splinter from his wooden deck, which resulted in a chronic cutaneous lesion. Originally identified as Scedosporium species on microscopic examination, genome sequencing of the internal transcribed spaces (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) identified the mold as Petriella setifera, a common environmental fungus responsible for wood rot. The patient underwent excision and antifungal therapy with cure.