A Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Case Caused by Paraconiothyrium cyclothyrioides in Southern China

Abstract

Junlan Li,1,* Muhammad Danish Yaqoob,2,* Kangxing Liu,2 Hengbiao Sun,3 Qinghua Qiu,4 Xiuling Ke,2 Yongxuan Hu2 1Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Meizhou People’s Hospital, Meizhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Clinical Laboratory, Meizhou People’s Hospital, Meizhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Junlan Li, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Meizhou People’s Hospital, Huangtang Road, Meizhou, 514031, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax + 86 753 2202723, Email [email protected] Yongxuan Hu, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, 183 West Zhongshan Road, Guangzhou, 510630, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax + 86 20 62784560, Email [email protected]: Paraconiothyrium cyclothyrioides is a coelomycetous fungus species that was recently identified. We present a case of an elderly farmer with chronic skin lesions of the opisthenar caused by P. cyclothyrioides.Keywords: phaeohyphomycosis, cutaneous, paraconiothyrium cyclothyrioides

Keywords

• phaeohyphomycosis
• cutaneous
• paraconiothyrium cyclothyrioides