Pyrenochaeta romeroi causing subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic cyst in a diabetic female

Opportunistic subcutaneous fungal infections are increasing in present times due to increasing incidence of many medical conditions causing immunosupression like diabetes, AIDS, organ transplant recipients and anticancer therapy. Pyrenochaeta romeroi, a fungus from the dematiaceae group, first descr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yadav, Sarita, Agarwal, Ruchi, Singh, Sundeep, Goel, Shikha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25941632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.04.001
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Sumario:Opportunistic subcutaneous fungal infections are increasing in present times due to increasing incidence of many medical conditions causing immunosupression like diabetes, AIDS, organ transplant recipients and anticancer therapy. Pyrenochaeta romeroi, a fungus from the dematiaceae group, first described by Borelli in 1959, is saprophyte to soil and plants.We present a rare case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic cyst in a diabetic female caused by P. romeroi.

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