First report of human infection due to the fungus Triadelphia pulvinata

Citation
Ssa. Al-hedaithy, First report of human infection due to the fungus Triadelphia pulvinata, J CLIN MICR, 39(9), 2001, pp. 3386-3389
Citations number
5
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0095-1137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3386 - 3389
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200109)39:9<3386:FROHID>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Triadelphia pulvinata, a soil hyphomycete, was found to be the cause of ecz ematoid, scaly, grey lesions on the skin of both eyelids of a 30-year-old I ndian male living in Saudi Arabia. Repeated KOH preparations of the skin sc rapings showed presence of sclerotic, branched, septate hyphae. When cultur ed, skin scrapings from the lesion grew the dematiaceous fungus T. pulvinat a. Treatment with topical clotrimazole cured the infection, and no, recurre nce of the infection was noted in a 5-year follow-up.