Phaeoacremonium tuscanicum and Phaeoacremonium indicum sp. nov. associated with subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis
Lizel Mostert,
Margaret Whipp,
Alan Woodgyer,
Richard C. Summerbell,
David Gramaje,
Chris F.J. Spies
Affiliations
Lizel Mostert
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Margaret Whipp
Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Victoria, Australia
Alan Woodgyer
Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, Victoria, Australia
Richard C. Summerbell
Sporometrics, Toronto, Canada
David Gramaje
Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (ICVV), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Universidad de la Rioja - Gobierno de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
Chris F.J. Spies
Agricultural Research Council – Plant Health and Protection, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Two cases of phaeohyphomycotic infections were caused by Phaeoacremonium tuscanicum, not previously identified in human infections, and one new species, Phaeoacremonium indicum, respectively. Morphological and cultural investigation as well as phylogenetic analysis was constructed based on maximum likelihood analyses using actin and -tubulin sequences to identify the fungal isolates.
