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Shinohara K, Itoi S, Nakamura S, Miyazaki Y, Mutoh Y, Hagiwara S, Ohmagari N. Micafungin-breakthrough Coniochaeta hoffmannii (Lecythophora hoffmannii) fungemia following cord blood transplant in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia successfully treated with voriconazole. J Infect Chemother 2024; 30:934-937. [PMID: 38369121 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2024.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Phaeohyphomycosis is caused by dematiaceous (pigmented) fungi. Most phaeohyphomycosis is non-invasive infections, however, they can lead to invasive infections, including fungemia and disseminated disease, particularly in severely immunocompromised patients. Invasive phaeohyphomycosis has recently emerged, however, the treatment strategy was not determined because of the intrinsic resistance to antifungals and the lack of clinical experience. Here, we describe a novel case of echinocandin-breakthrough Coniochaeta hoffmannii (Lecythophora hoffmannii) fungemia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which was identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and ribosomal RNA sequencing. The patient was a female in her 40s who had acute myeloid leukemia refractory to chemotherapy before progressing to cord blood transplantation. Before developing fungemia, the patient was administered multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics and micafungin for recurrent infections and prophylaxis. Clinical and microbiological responses to liposomal amphotericin B were poor but improved after replacement to voriconazole and engraftment. A literature review of the previously reported cases with C. hoffmannii human infections imply that disruption of the cutaneous/mucosal barrier and the use of antimicrobial agents, both antibiotics and antifungals, could incite C. hoffmannii invasive infections.
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- Koh Shinohara
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Hematology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Chemotherapy and Mycoses, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Tosei General Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Moura JC, Barbosa RN, Melo RFR, Souza-Motta CM, Oliveira NT. Scaptona ramosa gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from nest of the stingless bee. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74. [PMID: 38194255 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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In this study, a novel genus is proposed, Scaptona, with a novel species, Scaptona ramosa, isolated from nests of stingless bees (Scaptotrigona sp.). The taxonomic novelty was determined by the phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences from the internal transcribed spacer regions, small subunit rRNA (18S rRNA), large subunit rRNA (28S rRNA) and the RNA polymerase II second-largest subunit gene (RPB2) and paired with our morphological studies. Based on this single species, Scaptona is characterized by greyish green to dark grey colonies, densely and profusely branched conidiophores and single-celled, variously shaped hyaline conidia. Scaptona ramosa constitutes a distinct, well-supported lineage within Cephalothecaceae and can be clearly distinguished from other genera both by DNA sequence analysis and morphological traits. The holotype of S. ramosa is URM 95352. The ex-type strain has been deposited in the Micoteca URM culture collection as URM 8721T and URM 8722. The MycoBank accession number is MB 849456 for the genus and MB 849456 for the species.
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- Joana C Moura
- Department of Mycology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-600, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Mycology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-600, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Mycology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-600, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Mycology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-600, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Department of Mycology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. da Engenharia, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-600, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Babič MN, Gunde-Cimerman N. Culturable mycobiota of drinking water in Göteborg (Sweden) in comparison to Ljubljana (Slovenia) with implications on human health. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2023; 21:1064-1072. [PMID: 37632381 PMCID: wh_2023_089 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2023.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/28/2023]
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The European Union currently has no specific regulations on fungi in water. The only country where fungi are listed as the parameter is Sweden, with the maximal number of 100 CFU per 100 mL. The present study thus compared culturable mycobiota from Swedish drinking water with Slovenian, which has no specific requirements for fungi. Fungi were isolated with up to 38 CFU/L from 75% of Swedish samples. The most common were the genera Varicosporellopsis (27.3%), Paracremonium (14.5%), and black yeasts Cadophora, Cyphellophora, and Exophiala (18.2%). Using the same sampling and isolation methods, 90% of tap water samples in Slovenia were positive for fungi, with Aspergillus spp. (46%), Aureobasidium melanogenum (36%), and Exophiala spp. (24%) being the most common. The observed differences between countries are likely the consequence of geographical location, the use of different raw water sources, and water treatment methods. However, the core species and emerging fungi Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto, Exophiala phaeomuriformis, Bisifusarium dimerum, and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa were isolated in both studies. These findings point out the relevance of tracking the presence of emerging fungi with known effects on health in drinking water and encourage further studies on their transmission from raw water sources to the end-users.
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- Monika Novak Babič
- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia E-mail:
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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Golden R, Quimby DS. Lecythophora Soft-Tissue Infection: Case Report and Treatment Considerations. Cureus 2023; 15:e42919. [PMID: 37664280 PMCID: PMC10474948 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.42919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Lecythophora hoffmannii is a saprophytic fungus commonly found in the environment. Able to be isolated from soil, it is frequently associated with the soft rot of wood. Although human infections are not common, they have been reported, and have ranged from keratitis and soft-tissue infection to deep osteomyelitis and endometritis. Here we report a case of soft-tissue infection with this pathogen along with successful treatment with standard-dose terbinafine when other agents were unavailable. The true prevalence of infections with this pathogen is unclear and further data are needed to determine optimal therapy.
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- Ryan Golden
- Infectious Diseases, CommonSpirit Health, Omaha, USA
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- Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Creighton University, Omaha, USA
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Poomany Arul Soundara Rajan YA, Anitha V, Meenakshi R, Kasi M. Therapeutic contact lens-related infection by a novel pathogenic fungus Coniochaeta hoffmannii-a case report. Indian J Med Microbiol 2023; 44:100361. [PMID: 37356829 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2023.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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This study aims to report a rare instance of corneal decompensation brought on by Coniochaeta hoffmannii fungus invasion of a bandage contact lens (BCL). A 71-year-old man with pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) had BCL treatment for four months to symptomatically reduce pain and itching in his right eye. However, the patient unexpectedly lost his vision. The slit-lamp examination revealed an edematous cornea; the extensive direct inspection raised suspicion of BCL. For morphological characterization, the BCL extracted was inoculated onto 5% sheep blood agar and PDA. By Sanger sequencing method the isolate's genomic DNA was molecularly identified as C. hoffmannii.
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- Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Paediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strambismus Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Biofilm and Bioprocess Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli-627012, Tamilnadu, India.
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Philpott M, Liew ECY, van der Merwe MM, Mertin A, French K. The Influence of Cone Age and Urbanisation on the Diversity and Community Composition of Culturable Seed Fungal Endophytes within Native Australian Banksia ericifolia L.f. subsp. ericifolia. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:706. [PMID: 37504695 PMCID: PMC10381327 DOI: 10.3390/jof9070706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Seed fungal endophytes play a crucial role in assisting the overall health and success of their host plant; however, little is known about the factors that influence the diversity and composition of these endophytes, particularly with respect to how they change over time and within urban environments. Using culturing techniques, morphological analyses, and Sanger sequencing, we identified the culturable seed fungal endophytes of Banksia ericifolia at two urban and two natural sites in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A total of 27 Operational Taxonomic Units were obtained from 1200 seeds. Older cones were found to contain, on average, more colonised endophytes than younger cones. Species richness was also significantly influenced by cone age, with older cones being more speciose. Between urban and natural sites, the overall community composition did not change, although species richness and diversity were greatest at urban sites. Understanding how these endophytes vary in time and space may help provide an insight into the transmission pathways used and the potential role they play within the development and survival of the seed. This knowledge may also be crucial for restoration purposes, especially regarding the need to consider endophyte viability in ex situ seed collection and storage in seed-banking practices.
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- Merize Philpott
- Centre for Sustainable Ecosystems Solutions, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Ecosystems Solutions, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Menu E, Filori Q, Dufour JC, Ranque S, L’Ollivier C. A Repertoire of Clinical Non-Dermatophytes Moulds. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:jof9040433. [PMID: 37108888 PMCID: PMC10146755 DOI: 10.3390/jof9040433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Humans are constantly exposed to micromycetes, especially filamentous fungi that are ubiquitous in the environment. In the presence of risk factors, mostly related to an alteration of immunity, the non-dermatophyte fungi can then become opportunistic pathogens, causing superficial, deep or disseminated infections. With new molecular tools applied to medical mycology and revisions in taxonomy, the number of fungi described in humans is rising. Some rare species are emerging, and others more frequent are increasing. The aim of this review is to (i) inventory the filamentous fungi found in humans and (ii) provide details on the anatomical sites where they have been identified and the semiology of infections. Among the 239,890 fungi taxa and corresponding synonyms, if any, retrieved from the Mycobank and NCBI Taxonomy databases, we were able to identify 565 moulds in humans. These filamentous fungi were identified in one or more anatomical sites. From a clinical point of view, this review allows us to realize that some uncommon fungi isolated in non-sterile sites may be involved in invasive infections. It may present a first step in the understanding of the pathogenicity of filamentous fungi and the interpretation of the results obtained with the new molecular diagnostic tools.
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- Estelle Menu
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13385 Marseille, France
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, VITROME: Vecteurs-Infections Tropicales et Méditerra-néennes, Aix Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France
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- INSERM, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Aix Marseille University, 13385 Marseille, France
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- INSERM, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Aix Marseille University, 13385 Marseille, France
- APHM, Hôpital de la Timone, Service Biostatistique et Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13385 Marseille, France
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, VITROME: Vecteurs-Infections Tropicales et Méditerra-néennes, Aix Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 13385 Marseille, France
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, VITROME: Vecteurs-Infections Tropicales et Méditerra-néennes, Aix Marseille Université, 13385 Marseille, France
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Kabtani J, Militello M, Ranque S. Coniochaeta massiliensis sp. nov. Isolated from a Clinical Sampl28. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8100999. [PMID: 36294564 PMCID: PMC9605391 DOI: 10.3390/jof8100999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The genus Coniochaeta belongs to the class Ascomycota and the family Coniochaetaceae. Some of the Coniochaeta species are plant and animal pathogens, while others are known to be primarily involved in human diseases. In the last few decades, case reports of human infections with Coniochaeta have increased, mainly in immunocompromised hosts. We have described and characterised a new species in the genus Coniochaeta, here named Coniochaeta massiliensis (PMML0158), which was isolated from a clinical sample. Species identification and thorough description were based on apposite and reliable phylogenetic and phenotypic approaches. The phylogenetic methods included multilocus phylogenetic analyses of four genomic regions: ITS (rRNA Internal Transcribed Spacers 1 and 2), TEF-1α (Translation Elongation Factor-1alpha), B-tub2 (β-tubulin2), and D1/D2 domains (28S large subunit rRNA). The phenotypic characterisation consisted, first, of a physiological analysis using both EDX (energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) and BiologTM advanced phenotypic technology for fixing the chemical mapping and carbon-source oxidation/assimilation profiles. Afterwards, morphological characteristics were highlighted by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The in vitro antifungal susceptibility profile was characterised using the E-testTM exponential gradient method. The molecular analysis revealed the genetic distance between the novel species Coniochaeta massiliensis (PMML0158) and other known taxa, and the phenotypic analysis confirmed its unique chemical and physiological profile when compared with all other species of this genus.
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- Jihane Kabtani
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
- Faculty of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Aix-Marseille Université, AP-HM, IRD, SSA, MEPHI, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
- Department of Mycology and Parasitology, Aix-Marseille Université, AP-HM, IRD, SSA, VITROME, 13005 Marseille, France
- Correspondence:
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Calabon MS, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Luo ZL, Dong W, Hurdeal VG, Gentekaki E, Rossi W, Leonardi M, Thiyagaraja V, Lestari AS, Shen HW, Bao DF, Boonyuen N, Zeng M. Freshwater fungal numbers. FUNGAL DIVERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13225-022-00503-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Alsarhani W, Lam PW, Kus JV, Rowsell C, Tsui GK, Tadros M, Fattouh R, Yucel Y, Kertes PJ, Chew HF. Post-traumatic Fungal Keratitis and Endophthalmitis Caused by Coniochaeta Hoffmannii with Late Recurrence following Therapeutic Full-thickness Penetrating Keratoplasty. Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2022; 31:826-829. [PMID: 35404731 DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2022.2048028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND To report a rare case of fungal keratitis and endophthalmitis due to Coniochaeta hoffmannii. METHODS Case report. RESULTS A 71-year-old immunocompetent male sustained a corneal laceration, traumatic cataract, and retinal detachment due to penetrating injury from a nail pulled from a wooden deck. The patient's postoperative course was complicated by infectious keratitis. Fungal cultures, DNA sequencing and analysis of the internal transcribed spacer sequence confirmed Coniochaeta hoffmannii. Topical and oral voriconazole treatments were initiated; however, due to impending perforation, a therapeutic corneal transplant was required. One year later, the patient developed a new corneal infiltrate at the graft-host junction: Corneal scrapings were culture positive for Coniochaeta hoffmannii. This was treated with topical and intrastromal voriconazole along with oral itraconazole 200 mg once daily for 8 months. CONCLUSIONS Coniochaeta hoffmannii may cause recalcitrant keratitis and endophthalmitis, which required longstanding antifungal treatment.
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- Waleed Alsarhani
- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Ophthalmology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Public Health Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Tang M, Li J, Xia F, Min C, Liu Z, Hu Y, Wang H, Xu H, Zou M. Acute Post-Cataract Endophthalmitis Due to Phialemoniopsis curvata: A Rare Case Report. Infect Drug Resist 2022; 15:1651-1657. [PMID: 35422644 PMCID: PMC9004724 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s359481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Phialemonium species are a class of opportunistic pathogenic fungi widely present in the environment that cause invasive diseases in hosts with normal or weak immune functions. Common infections include peritonitis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and skin infections of wounds after burns, whereas endophthalmitis is rarely reported. Here, we report acute post-cataract endophthalmitis caused by Phialemoniopsis curvata in China. The isolated pathogen was identified using microscopy, culture, and sequencing. After vitrectomy, intraocular lens removal surgery, voriconazole injection, and topical voriconazole treatment, the patient’s symptoms were alleviated.
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- Mengli Tang
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Mingxiang Zou, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 87, Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13907496278, Email
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Miyazawa H, Matsuda Y, Sakai S, Kamei K, Wada T. Mesenteric abscess caused by coinfection with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and Phialemonium sp. in chronic granulomatous disease. IDCases 2022; 27:e01375. [PMID: 35028293 PMCID: PMC8739448 DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Opportunistic infections are life-threatening conditions in immunocompromised patients including those with primary immunodeficiency. We describe a case of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease presenting with mesenteric abscess caused by a coinfection with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and Phialemonium sp. The patient received BCG vaccination at 5 months old. He developed left axillary BCG lymphadenitis at 17 months of age, and 3 months later mesenteric abscess occurred. Concomitant use of rifampicin and itraconazole at 17 months of age might have reduced serum itraconazole concentrations and led to superinfection with Phialemonium sp. in our patient, which was susceptible to itraconazole and voriconazole in vitro. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin, ciprofloxacin, prednisolone, interferon-γ, and an increased dose of itraconazole, followed by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Our results suggest that clinician need to be aware of rifampicin drug interactions, and that precise detection and identification of pathogens are essential to appropriate treatment.
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Answer to March 2020 Photo Quiz. J Clin Microbiol 2020; 58:58/3/e01873-18. [PMID: 32094123 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01873-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sun L, Wan Z, Li R, Yu J. In vitro activities of nine antifungal agents against rare pathogenic fungi. J Med Microbiol 2019; 68:1664-1670. [PMID: 31553302 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Purpose. To assess in vitro activities of nine antifungal agents (amphotericin B, fluconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, caspofungin, micafungin, terbinafine and 5-flucytosine) against 93 strains of rare pathogenic fungi and the combined effects of drug combinations against several multidrug-resistant fungi.Methodology. The broth microdilution method M38-A3 and M27-A4 from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and the checkerboard method were performed in this study.Results. Low MICs for fluconazole were observed in moulds including Tritirachium oryzae, Exophiala attenuata and yeasts. MICs for amphotericin B>2 µg ml-1 were found among Aspergillus nidulans, Fusarium napiforme, Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Tritirachium oryzae, Cunninghamella bertholletiae, Cunninghamella phaeospora, Conidiobolus coronatus, Exophiala attenuata, Ochroconis mirabilis and Rhinocladiella basitona. Multidrug resistance was observed in Microascus spp., Lomentospora prolificans and Pythium insidiosum.Conclusion. Our study illustrated in vitro drug susceptibilities of some rare pathogenic fungi, which provide data to guide clinical treatment of fungal infections.
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- Lingyue Sun
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Peking University First Hospital, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Peking University, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, Beijing, PR China
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Crous P, Carnegie A, Wingfield M, Sharma R, Mughini G, Noordeloos M, Santini A, Shouche Y, Bezerra J, Dima B, Guarnaccia V, Imrefi I, Jurjević Ž, Knapp D, Kovács G, Magistà D, Perrone G, Rämä T, Rebriev Y, Shivas R, Singh S, Souza-Motta C, Thangavel R, Adhapure N, Alexandrova A, Alfenas A, Alfenas R, Alvarado P, Alves A, Andrade D, Andrade J, Barbosa R, Barili A, Barnes C, Baseia I, Bellanger JM, Berlanas C, Bessette A, Bessette A, Biketova A, Bomfim F, Brandrud T, Bransgrove K, Brito A, Cano-Lira J, Cantillo T, Cavalcanti A, Cheewangkoon R, Chikowski R, Conforto C, Cordeiro T, Craine J, Cruz R, Damm U, de Oliveira R, de Souza J, de Souza H, Dearnaley J, Dimitrov R, Dovana F, Erhard A, Esteve-Raventós F, Félix C, Ferisin G, Fernandes R, Ferreira R, Ferro L, Figueiredo C, Frank J, Freire K, García D, Gené J, Gêsiorska A, Gibertoni T, Gondra R, Gouliamova D, Gramaje D, Guard F, Gusmão L, Haitook S, Hirooka Y, Houbraken J, Hubka V, Inamdar A, Iturriaga T, Iturrieta-González I, Jadan M, Jiang N, Justo A, Kachalkin A, Kapitonov V, Karadelev M, Karakehian J, Kasuya T, Kautmanová I, Kruse J, Kušan I, Kuznetsova T, Landell M, Larsson KH, Lee H, Lima D, Lira C, Machado A, Madrid H, Magalhães O, Majerova H, Malysheva E, Mapperson R, Marbach P, Martín M, Martín-Sanz A, Matočec N, McTaggart A, Mello J, Melo R, Mešić A, Michereff S, Miller A, Minoshima A, Molinero-Ruiz L, Morozova O, Mosoh D, Nabe M, Naik R, Nara K, Nascimento S, Neves R, Olariaga I, Oliveira R, Oliveira T, Ono T, Ordoñez M, Ottoni ADM, Paiva L, Pancorbo F, Pant B, Pawłowska J, Peterson S, Raudabaugh D, Rodríguez-Andrade E, Rubio E, Rusevska K, Santiago A, Santos A, Santos C, Sazanova N, Shah S, Sharma J, Silva B, Siquier J, Sonawane M, Stchigel A, Svetasheva T, Tamakeaw N, Telleria M, Tiago P, Tian C, Tkalčec Z, Tomashevskaya M, Truong H, Vecherskii M, Visagie C, Vizzini A, Yilmaz N, Zmitrovich I, Zvyagina E, Boekhout T, Kehlet T, Læssøe T, Groenewald J. Fungal Planet description sheets: 868-950. PERSOONIA 2019; 42:291-473. [PMID: 31551622 PMCID: PMC6712538 DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2019.42.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia, Chaetomella pseudocircinoseta and Coniella pseudodiospyri on Eucalyptus microcorys leaves, Cladophialophora eucalypti, Teratosphaeria dunnii and Vermiculariopsiella dunnii on Eucalyptus dunnii leaves, Cylindrium grande and Hypsotheca eucalyptorum on Eucalyptus grandis leaves, Elsinoe salignae on Eucalyptus saligna leaves, Marasmius lebeliae on litter of regenerating subtropical rainforest, Phialoseptomonium eucalypti (incl. Phialoseptomonium gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus grandis × camaldulensis leaves, Phlogicylindrium pawpawense on Eucalyptus tereticornis leaves, Phyllosticta longicauda as an endophyte from healthy Eustrephus latifolius leaves, Pseudosydowia eucalyptorum on Eucalyptus sp. leaves, Saitozyma wallum on Banksia aemula leaves, Teratosphaeria henryi on Corymbia henryi leaves. Brazil, Aspergillus bezerrae, Backusella azygospora, Mariannaea terricola and Talaromyces pernambucoensis from soil, Calonectria matogrossensis on Eucalyptus urophylla leaves, Calvatia brasiliensis on soil, Carcinomyces nordestinensis on Bromelia antiacantha leaves, Dendryphiella stromaticola on small branches of an unidentified plant, Nigrospora brasiliensis on Nopalea cochenillifera leaves, Penicillium alagoense as a leaf endophyte on a Miconia sp., Podosordaria nigrobrunnea on dung, Spegazzinia bromeliacearum as a leaf endophyte on Tilandsia catimbauensis, Xylobolus brasiliensis on decaying wood. Bulgaria, Kazachstania molopis from the gut of the beetle Molops piceus. Croatia, Mollisia endocrystallina from a fallen decorticated Picea abies tree trunk. Ecuador, Hygrocybe rodomaculata on soil. Hungary, Alfoldia vorosii (incl. Alfoldia gen. nov.) from Juniperus communis roots, Kiskunsagia ubrizsyi (incl. Kiskunsagia gen. nov.) from Fumana procumbens roots. India, Aureobasidium tremulum as laboratory contaminant, Leucosporidium himalayensis and Naganishia indica from windblown dust on glaciers. Italy, Neodevriesia cycadicola on Cycas sp. leaves, Pseudocercospora pseudomyrticola on Myrtus communis leaves, Ramularia pistaciae on Pistacia lentiscus leaves, Neognomoniopsis quercina (incl. Neognomoniopsis gen. nov.) on Quercus ilex leaves. Japan, Diaporthe fructicola on Passiflora edulis × P. edulis f. flavicarpa fruit, Entoloma nipponicum on leaf litter in a mixed Cryptomeria japonica and Acer spp. forest. Macedonia, Astraeus macedonicus on soil. Malaysia, Fusicladium eucalyptigenum on Eucalyptus sp. twigs, Neoacrodontiella eucalypti (incl. Neoacrodontiella gen. nov.) on Eucalyptus urophylla leaves. Mozambique, Meliola gorongosensis on dead Philenoptera violacea leaflets. Nepal, Coniochaeta dendrobiicola from Dendriobium lognicornu roots. New Zealand, Neodevriesia sexualis and Thozetella neonivea on Archontophoenix cunninghamiana leaves. Norway, Calophoma sandfjordenica from a piece of board on a rocky shoreline, Clavaria parvispora on soil, Didymella finnmarkica from a piece of Pinus sylvestris driftwood. Poland, Sugiyamaella trypani from soil. Portugal, Colletotrichum feijoicola from Acca sellowiana. Russia, Crepidotus tobolensis on Populus tremula debris, Entoloma ekaterinae, Entoloma erhardii and Suillus gastroflavus on soil, Nakazawaea ambrosiae from the galleries of Ips typographus under the bark of Picea abies. Slovenia, Pluteus ludwigii on twigs of broadleaved trees. South Africa, Anungitiomyces stellenboschiensis (incl. Anungitiomyces gen. nov.) and Niesslia stellenboschiana on Eucalyptus sp. leaves, Beltraniella pseudoportoricensis on Podocarpus falcatus leaf litter, Corynespora encephalarti on Encephalartos sp. leaves, Cytospora pavettae on Pavetta revoluta leaves, Helminthosporium erythrinicola on Erythrina humeana leaves, Helminthosporium syzygii on a Syzygium sp. bark canker, Libertasomyces aloeticus on Aloe sp. leaves, Penicillium lunae from Musa sp. fruit, Phyllosticta lauridiae on Lauridia tetragona leaves, Pseudotruncatella bolusanthi (incl. Pseudotruncatellaceae fam. nov.) and Dactylella bolusanthi on Bolusanthus speciosus leaves. Spain, Apenidiella foetida on submerged plant debris, Inocybe grammatoides on Quercus ilex subsp. ilex forest humus, Ossicaulis salomii on soil, Phialemonium guarroi from soil. Thailand, Pantospora chromolaenae on Chromolaena odorata leaves. Ukraine, Cadophora helianthi from Helianthus annuus stems. USA, Boletus pseudopinophilus on soil under slash pine, Botryotrichum foricae, Penicillium americanum and Penicillium minnesotense from air. Vietnam, Lycoperdon vietnamense on soil. Morphological and culture characteristics are supported by DNA barcodes.
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Affiliation(s)
- P.W. Crous
- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Forest Health & Biosecurity, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Forestry, Level 12, 10 Valentine Ave, Parramatta NSW 2150, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra, India
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- Research Center for Forestry and Wood - C.R.E.A., Via Valle della Quistione 27, 00166 Rome, Italy
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, section Botany, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection - C.N.R., Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra, India
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary
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- DiSAFA, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini, 2, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
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- Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary
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- EMSL Analytical, Inc., 200 Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, USA
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- Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR, Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Marbio, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
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- South Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Australia
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- National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama-403 804, Goa, India
- Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Vivekanand Arts, Sardar Dalipsingh Commerce and Science College, Aurangabad 431001, Maharashtra, India
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Biology, 119234, 1, 12 Leninskie Gory Str., Moscow, Russia
- Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
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- ALVALAB, Avda. de Bruselas 2-3B, 33011 Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde – ICBS, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, S/N – Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Quito, Ecuador
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- Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Quito, Ecuador
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- Departamento Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- CEFE – CNRS – Université de Montpellier – Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier – EPHE – IRD – INSERM, Campus CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (Gobierno de La Rioja-CSIC-Universidad de La Rioja), Ctra. LO-20, Salida 13, 26007 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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- Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Gaustadalléen 21, NO-0349 Oslo, Norway
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- Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park 4102, Queensland, Australia
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, S/N – Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Instituto de Patología Vegetal, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- 5320 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338, USA
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, PF 300 154, 02806 Görlitz, Germany
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- Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira (CEPLAC)/CEPEC, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
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- Recôncavo da Bahia Federal University, Bahia, Brazil
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Australia
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- National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 26 Yanko Sakazov blvd, Sofia 1504, Bulgaria
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- EMSL Analytical, Inc., 200 Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, USA
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Area de Botánica), Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde – ICBS, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
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- Via A. Vespucci 7, 1537, 33052 Cervignano del Friuli (UD), Italy
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR 97520, USA
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, ul. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- University Utrecht, P.O. Box 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 26 Acad. Georgi Bonchev, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria
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- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (Gobierno de La Rioja-CSIC-Universidad de La Rioja), Ctra. LO-20, Salida 13, 26007 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Av. Transnordestina, S/N – Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Plant Science, Faculty of Bioscience, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 01 Prague 2, Czech Republic
- Laboratory of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i, Vídeòská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Vivekanand Arts, Sardar Dalipsingh Commerce and Science College, Aurangabad 431001, Maharashtra, India
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
- Plant Pathology Herbarium, 334 Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Biology, Clark University, 950 Main St, Worcester, 01610, MA, USA
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms RAS, Pushchino, Russia
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- Tobolsk Complex Scientific Station of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 626152 Tobolsk, Russia
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- Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Biology, Keio University, 4-1-1, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8521, Japan
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- Slovak National Museum-Natural History Museum, vjanaskeho nab. 2, P.O. Box 13, 81006 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Australia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde – ICBS, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
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- Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1172 Blindern 0318, University of Oslo, Norway
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- Environmental Microbiology Lab, Division of Food Technology, Biotechnology & Agrochemistry, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Korea
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Biochemistry and Microbiology Department, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 81237 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Australia
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Campus Dupont – Pioneer, Ctra. Sevilla-Cazalla km 4.6, 41309 La Rinconada, Spain
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4069, Australia
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Centro de Ciências Agrárias e da Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
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- Department of Clinical Plant Science, Faculty of Bioscience, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Crop Protection, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
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- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra, India
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- 2-2-1, Sakuragaoka-nakamachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-2226, Japan
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- National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Headland Sada, Vasco-da-Gama-403 804, Goa, India
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8563, Japan
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Biology, Geology and Inorganic Chemistry department, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/ Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 3000, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Ogasawara Subtropical Branch of Tokyo Metropolitan Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, Komagari, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
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- Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de octubre 1076 y Roca, Quito, Ecuador
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Pintores de El Paular 25, 28740 Rascafría, Madrid, Spain
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- Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
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- Department of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, ul. Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Mycotoxin Prevention and Applied Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- C/ José Cueto 3 – 5ºB, 33401 Avilés, Asturias, Spain
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- Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas y Recursos Naturales, BIOREN-UFRO, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magadan, Russia
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- Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech. University, USA
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- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica, 40170115 Ondina, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Carrer Major, 19, E-07300 Inca (Islas Baleares), Spain
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- National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra, India
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Biology and Technologies of Living Systems Department, Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical University, 125 Lenin av., 300026 Tula, Russia
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms RAS, Pushchino, Russia
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- Department of Clinical Plant Science, Faculty of Bioscience, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
- Biosystematics Division, Agricultural Research Council – Plant Health and Protection, P. Bag X134, Queenswood, Pretoria 0121, South Africa
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, 10125, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen E, Denmark
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- Natural History Museum of Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen E, Denmark
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Summerbell RC, Gueidan C, Guarro J, Eskalen A, Crous PW, Gupta AK, Gené J, Cano-Lira JF, van Iperen A, Starink M, Scott JA. The Protean Acremonium. A. sclerotigenum/egyptiacum: Revision, Food Contaminant, and Human Disease. Microorganisms 2018; 6:E88. [PMID: 30115839 PMCID: PMC6164869 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6030088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Acremonium is known to be regularly isolated from food and also to be a cause of human disease. Herein, we resolve some sources of confusion that have strongly hampered the accurate interpretation of these and other isolations. The recently designated type species of the genus Acremonium, A. alternatum, is known only from a single isolate, but it is the closest known relative of what may be one of the planet's most successful organisms, Acremonium sclerotigenum/egyptianum, shown herein to be best called by its earliest valid name, A. egyptiacum. The sequencing of ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions, actin genes, or both for 72 study isolates within this group allowed the full range of morphotypes and ITS barcode types to be elucidated, along with information on temperature tolerance and habitat. The results showed that nomenclatural confusion and frequent misidentifications facilitated by morphotaxonomy, along with misidentified early sequence deposits, have obscured the reality that this species is, in many ways, the definitive match of the historical concept of Acremonium: a pale orange or dull greenish-coloured monophialidic hyphomycete, forming cylindrical, ellipsoidal, or obovoid conidia in sticky heads or obovoid conidia in dry chains, and acting ecologically as a soil organism, marine organism, plant pathogen, plant endophyte, probable insect pathogen, human opportunistic pathogen, food contaminant, probable dermatological communicable disease agent, and heat-tolerant spoilage organism. Industrially, it is already in exploratory use as a producer of the antibiotic ascofuranone, active against trypanosomes, cryptosporidia, and microsporidia, and additional applications are in development. The genus-level clarification of the phylogeny of A. egyptiacum shows other historic acremonia belong to separate genera, and two are here described, Parasarocladium for the Acremonium radiatum complex and Kiflimonium for the Acremonium curvulum complex.
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- Richard C Summerbell
- Sporometrics, 219 Dufferin St. Ste. 20C, Toronto, ON M6K 1Y9 Canada.
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada.
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- Australian National Herbarium, National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO-NCMI, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, 43201 Tarragona, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada.
- Mediprobe Research Inc., London, ON N5X 2P1, Canada.
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, 43201 Tarragona, Spain.
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, 43201 Tarragona, Spain.
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7, Canada.
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Dogra M, Dhingra D, Sharma SP, Bansal R. A rare case of Lecythophora endogenous endophthalmitis: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Indian J Ophthalmol 2018; 66:1203-1205. [PMID: 30038183 PMCID: PMC6080481 DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_181_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fungal endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) secondary to contaminated intravenous fluid infusion is frequently seen in developing countries. Molds and yeasts are commonly implicated as the causative agents. Dematiaceous fungi such as Lecythophora have been linked to exogenous endophthalmitis but have never been reported to cause EE. We report a case of Lecythophora EE that was successfully managed with pars plana vitrectomy along with intravitreal and systemic voriconazole. Endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) is a potentially devastating intraocular infection caused by intraocular spread of pathogens through blood stream. It generally accounts for 2%–16% of all reported endophthalmitis cases.[1] Predisposing risk factors include diabetes mellitus, malignancies, intravenous drug use, organ abscess, immunosuppressive therapy, indwelling catheters, urinary tract infection, organ transplant, end-stage renal or liver disease, and endocarditis.[2] It may occur in patients with no overt signs of systemic infection, particularly in the setting of contaminated intravenous fluid infusion in a rural setting.[3] Among the three broad categories of pathogens responsible for EE-bacteria, yeast, and molds, cases caused by molds are most infrequent and have the worst outcomes.[4] While Candida and Aspergillus are the most common species among fungal causes of EE, Lecythophora has been rarely reported as a cause of endophthalmitis due to exogenous causes.[5678] We, herein, report a case of EE caused by Lecythophora species.
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- Mohit Dogra
- Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Yang J, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Gareth Jones E, Al-Sadi AM, Liu ZY. Pseudostanjehughesia aquitropica gen. et sp. nov. and Sporidesmium sensu lato species from freshwater habitats. Mycol Prog 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11557-017-1339-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Perdomo H, García D, Gené J, Cano J, Sutton DA, Summerbell R, Guarro J. Phialemoniopsis, a new genus of Sordariomycetes, and new species ofPhialemoniumandLecythophora. Mycologia 2017; 105:398-421. [DOI: 10.3852/12-137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
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- Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900
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- Sporometrics, Inc. 219 Dufferin Street, Suite 20C, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 1Y9, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 223 College Street, Toronto Ontario, M5T 1R4
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain
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Davies EC, Daly MK, Siracuse-Lee D. A rare case of Phialemonium obovatum keratitis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2016; 5:81-84. [PMID: 29503953 PMCID: PMC5758013 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2016.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose We report a rare case of Phialemonium obovatum fungal keratitis in a patient sustaining a corneal laceration from impact with a piece of moldy plaster. Observations The patient was treated with topical voriconazole with resolution of active keratitis and formation of a stromal scar. The patient's final visual acuity was 20/20 in the affected eye. Conclusions and importance There is only one other case of Phialemonium obovatum keratitis reported in the literature. The patient in the previous case required amniotic membrane transplantation for persistent stromal melting with resultant visual acuity of hand motions only. The present case demonstrates that the early use of topical antifungal medication with close follow-up can prevent corneal perforation and result in excellent visual acuity.
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- Emma C Davies
- Department of Ophthalmology, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine, 85 East Concord Street, Boston, MA, USA
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Chhonkar A, Kataria D, Tambe S, Nayak CS. Three rare cases of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis. Indian J Plast Surg 2016; 49:271-274. [PMID: 27833296 PMCID: PMC5053006 DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.191321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Phaeohyphomycosis is a chronic infectious condition caused by dematiaceous fungi which usually involve the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is characterised by papulonodules, verrucous, hyperkeratotic or ulcerated plaques, cysts, abscesses, pyogranuloma, non-healing ulcers or sinuses. In India, commonly associated genera are Exophiala, Phialophora, Cladosporium, Curvularia, Fonsecaea and Alternaria. This condition involves the presence of brown-walled hyphal structures in the dermis and epidermis. Here, we are reporting a rare case series of three patients of phaeohyphomycosis with lesions on finger and dorsum of the hand.
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- Aditi Chhonkar
- Department of Dermatology, Topiwala National Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Topiwala National Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Topiwala National Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Topiwala National Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Lu LL, Weil AA, Wiederhold N, Sutton DA, Chesnut L, Lindner J, Fan H, Tingpej B, El-Khoury J, Kwon DS. Probable case of Cephalotheca foveolata bloodstream infection. JMM Case Rep 2015. [DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.000045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Lenette L. Lu
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Fungal Planet description sheets: 320-370. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 2015; 34:167-266. [PMID: 26240451 PMCID: PMC4510277 DOI: 10.3767/003158515x688433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Malaysia: Castanediella eucalypti from Eucalyptus pellita, Codinaea acacia from Acacia mangium, Emarcea eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana, Myrtapenidiella eucalyptorum from Eucalyptus pellita, Pilidiella eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus brassiana and Strelitziana malaysiana from Acacia mangium. Furthermore, Stachybotrys sansevieriicola is described from Sansevieria ehrenbergii (Tanzania), Phacidium grevilleae from Grevillea robusta (Uganda), Graphium jumulu from Adansonia gregorii and Ophiostoma eucalyptigena from Eucalyptus marginata (Australia), Pleurophoma ossicola from bone and Plectosphaerella populi from Populus nigra (Germany), Colletotrichum neosansevieriae from Sansevieria trifasciata, Elsinoë othonnae from Othonna quinquedentata and Zeloasperisporium cliviae (Zeloasperisporiaceae fam. nov.) from Clivia sp. (South Africa), Neodevriesia pakbiae, Phaeophleospora hymenocallidis and Phaeophleospora hymenocallidicola on leaves of a fern (Thailand), Melanconium elaeidicola from Elaeis guineensis (Indonesia), Hormonema viticola from Vitis vinifera (Canary Islands), Chlorophyllum pseudoglobossum from a grassland (India), Triadelphia disseminata from an immunocompromised patient (Saudi Arabia), Colletotrichum abscissum from Citrus (Brazil), Polyschema sclerotigenum and Phialemonium limoniforme from human patients (USA), Cadophora vitícola from Vitis vinifera (Spain), Entoloma flavovelutinum and Bolbitius aurantiorugosus from soil (Vietnam), Rhizopogon granuloflavus from soil (Cape Verde Islands), Tulasnella eremophila from Euphorbia officinarum subsp. echinus (Morocco), Verrucostoma martinicensis from Danaea elliptica (French West Indies), Metschnikowia colchici from Colchicum autumnale (Bulgaria), Thelebolus microcarpus from soil (Argentina) and Ceratocystis adelpha from Theobroma cacao (Ecuador). Myrmecridium iridis (Myrmecridiales ord. nov., Myrmecridiaceae fam. nov.) is also described from Iris sp. (The Netherlands). Novel genera include (Ascomycetes): Budhanggurabania from Cynodon dactylon (Australia), Soloacrosporiella, Xenocamarosporium, Neostrelitziana and Castanediella from Acacia mangium and Sabahriopsis from Eucalyptus brassiana (Malaysia), Readerielliopsis from basidiomata of Fuscoporia wahlbergii (French Guyana), Neoplatysporoides from Aloe ferox (Tanzania), Wojnowiciella, Chrysofolia and Neoeriomycopsis from Eucalyptus (Colombia), Neophaeomoniella from Eucalyptus globulus (USA), Pseudophaeomoniella from Olea europaea (Italy), Paraphaeomoniella from Encephalartos altensteinii, Aequabiliella, Celerioriella and Minutiella from Prunus (South Africa). Tephrocybella (Basidiomycetes) represents a novel genus from wood (Italy). Morphological and culture characteristics along with ITS DNA barcodes are provided for all taxa.
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Kaur A, Rogers KD, Swenson DE, Dowd PF, Wicklow DT, Gloer JB. Bioactive natural products from fungicolous Hawaiian isolates: secondary metabolites from a Phialemoniopsis sp. Mycology 2014; 5:120-129. [PMID: 25379336 PMCID: PMC4205894 DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2014.931309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chemical investigations of two fungal isolates initially identified as members of the genus Phialemonium are described. Both isolates were obtained as colonists of other fungi collected on the island of Hawaii and were later assigned as P. curvatum. However, P. curvatum has recently been reclassified as a member of a new genus (Phialemoniopsis) and renamed as Phialemoniopsis curvata. Studies of solid–substrate fermentation cultures of one of these isolates afforded an oxirapentyn analogue and destruxin A4 as major components, while analysis of the second strain led to the isolation of several simple aromatic metabolites and a compound of mixed biogenetic origin called gabusectin that had previously been reported only in a patent. Structures were assigned mainly by detailed nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry analysis, and those of two of the major components were confirmed by X-ray crystallography. This report constitutes the first description of secondary metabolites from a member of the genus Phialemoniopsis.
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- Amninder Kaur
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA 52242 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA 52242 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA 52242 , USA
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- Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens & Mycology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA , Peoria , IL 61604 , USA
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- Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens & Mycology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA , Peoria , IL 61604 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA 52242 , USA
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Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic nodule due to Phialemoniopsis hongkongensis sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 2014; 52:3280-9. [PMID: 24966363 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01592-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Phialemoniopsis species are ubiquitous dematiaceous molds associated with a wide variety of superficial and systemic infections in human. In this study, we isolated a mold from the forearm nodule biopsy specimen from a patient with underlying liver cirrhosis, ankylosing spondylosis, and tuberculosis. He was treated with itraconazole, but unfortunately, he succumbed as a result of disseminated tuberculosis with multiorgan failure. The histology results of the skin biopsy showed necrotizing granulomas in which numerous fungal elements were found. On Sabouraud dextrose agar, the fungal isolate grew as white-to-cream and smooth-to-velvety colonies. Microscopically, oval-to-cylindrical conidia were observed from abundant adelophialides, which possessed barely visible parallel collarettes but no basal septa. The azole drugs voriconazole, itraconazole, and posaconazole, as well as amphotericin B, showed high activities against this fungus. Internal transcribed spacer, 28S nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA), and β-actin and β-tubulin gene sequencing showed that this fungus is most closely related to but distinct from Phialemonium curvata. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and hierarchical cluster analysis showed that the MALDI-TOF MS spectrum of this fungus is most closely related to that of Phialemonium pluriloculosa. We propose a new species, Phialemoniopsis hongkongensis sp. nov., to describe this fungus.
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Infections caused by rarely encountered fungal pathogens have increased in recent decades. Phialemonium species are widely distributed in the environment and are also involved in human infections, affecting both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The present study describes a case of meningitis caused by Phialemonium curvatum.
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Desoubeaux G, García D, Bailly E, Augereau O, Bacle G, De Muret A, Bernard L, Cano-Lira JF, Garcia-Hermoso D, Chandenier J. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Phialemoniopsis ocularis successfully treated by voriconazole. Med Mycol Case Rep 2014; 5:4-8. [PMID: 24936402 PMCID: PMC4052356 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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We report a case of subcutaneous infection in a 67 year-old Cambodian man who presented with a 5-month history of swelling of the right foot. Histopathology was compatible with phaeohyphomycosis and the hyphomycete Phialemoniopsis ocularis was identified by the means of morphological and molecular techniques. The patient responded well to a 6-month oral treatment with voriconazole alone.
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- Guillaume Desoubeaux
- CHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, France ; Université François Rabelais, CEPR - UMR INSERM U1100/EA 6305, Faculté de Médecine, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37032, France
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- Mycology Unit, University Rovira i Virgili and IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, Reus 43201, Spain
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- CHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, France
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- CHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, France
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- CHU Tours, Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Avenue de la République, Chambray-les-Tours 37170, France
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- CHU Tours, Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, Avenue de la République, Chambray-les-Tours 37170, France
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- Université François Rabelais, CEPR - UMR INSERM U1100/EA 6305, Faculté de Médecine, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37032, France ; CHU Tours, Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, France
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- Mycology Unit, University Rovira i Virgili and IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, Reus 43201, Spain
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- Unité de Mycologie Moléculaire, CNRMA de l'Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, Paris 75015, France ; CNRS URA3012, 25, rue du Dr Roux, Paris 75724, France
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- CHU Tours, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Médecine tropicale, 2 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37044, France ; Université François Rabelais, CEPR - UMR INSERM U1100/EA 6305, Faculté de Médecine, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, Tours 37032, France
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Pong DL, Marom T, Makishima T. Phialemonium infection complicating chronic suppurative otitis media. Med Mycol Case Rep 2014; 4:5-7. [PMID: 24596671 PMCID: PMC3939380 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Phialemonium infection in humans is rare. We report a 7-year-old healthy boy who presented with chronic otorrhea, which persisted despite adequate antibiotic therapy and four preservative tympanomastoidectomy operations. Following 3 years of intermittent topical antibiotic therapy, cultures eventually grew Phialemonium, which necessitated a more extensive operation, combined with systemic/topical anti-fungal agent to achieve clinical cure.
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- Dan L. Pong
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States,Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 409 772 9946; fax: +1 409 772 1715.
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Coniochaeta polymorpha, a new species from endotracheal aspirate of a preterm neonate, and transfer of Lecythophora species to Coniochaeta. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:243-52. [PMID: 23748934 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-9943-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A new species of Coniochaeta from endotracheal secretion of a preterm neonate, Coniochaeta polymorpha, is described. This anamorphic species is characterized by development of dark brown colonies after 1 week of incubation on culture medium, formation of abundant yeast-like cells and sclerotium-like structures producing discrete, brown, nearly globose phialidic conidiogenous cells and absence of chlamydospores. A combined sequence dataset of the ITS region, partial LSU rDNA, actin and β-tubulin genes sufficiently resolved the unique phylogenetic status of this species. In response to recent changes in the nomenclature for pleomorphic fungi, we transfer the Lecythophora species to Coniochaeta, and propose the following new combinations: Coniochaeta canina, Coniochaeta cateniformis, Coniochaeta decumbens, Coniochaeta fasciculata, Coniochaeta hoffmannii, Coniochaeta lignicola, Coniochaeta luteorubra, Coniochaeta luteoviridis and Coniochaeta mutabilis.
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Troy GC, Panciera DL, Pickett JP, Sutton DA, Gene J, Cano JF, Guarro J, Thompson EH, Wickes BL. Mixed infection caused by Lecythophora canina sp. nov. and Plectosphaerella cucumerina in a German shepherd dog. Med Mycol 2013; 51:455-60. [PMID: 23294425 DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2012.754998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We describe an opportunistic, disseminated infection in a German shepherd dog associated with two fungal organisms not previously reported to cause disease. Lecythophora canina, a new species here described, was isolated from an osteolytic bone lesion. A fine needle aspirate of the lesion demonstrated septate hyphae. Plectospharella cucumerina (anamorph Plectosporium tabacinum) was isolated from a urine sample. Clinical manifestations were blindness, altered mentation, and osteomyelitis. Treatment with itraconazole and terbinafine for greater than one year resulted in stable clinical disease.
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- Gregory C Troy
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
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Reis T, Oliveira T, Baquião A, Gonçalves S, Zorzete P, Corrêa B. Mycobiota and mycotoxins in Brazil nut samples from different states of the Brazilian Amazon region. Int J Food Microbiol 2012; 159:61-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2012] [Revised: 07/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mostofi K, Jeanbourquin D, Charles JI. Cervical spondylitis due to Phaeoacremonium venezuelense in an immunocompetent patient. A first case report. J Mycol Med 2012; 22:197-200. [PMID: 23518025 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2012.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2011] [Revised: 03/11/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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In this paper, we present a case of cervical spondylitis due to Phaeoacremonium venezuelense, in a fifty-two-year-old male who complained about neck pain and tingles in his right arm. Fungal cervical spondylitis is extremely rare in immunocompetent patients. This case is the first case of spondylitis due to P. venezuelense.
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- K Mostofi
- Department of Neurosurgery/Neurology Cayenne General Hospital, rue des Flamboyants, Cayenne, French Guiana, France.
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Guarro J. [Taxonomy and biology of fungi causing human infection]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2011; 30:33-9. [PMID: 22079227 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The advent of molecular techniques, mainly DNA sequencing, has led to important changes in the taxonomy of pathogenic fungi and a better understanding of the phylogenetic relationships among them. The number of fungal species potentially pathogenic for humans has increased dramatically. Most of them are cryptic species belonging to complex species that have replaced traditional single morphospecies. This has occurred in several genera of mucorales and particularly in different ascomycetous genera, such as Aspergillus, Fusarium, Sporothrix and Scedosporium, among others. The correct identification of these species is crucial for a better management of patients, since on many occasions those species show different virulence and different antifungal responses. This review summarises some of the most striking recent taxonomic changes produced in pathogenic fungi.
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- Josep Guarro
- Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, España.
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