Black grain eumycetoma due to Diaporthe ueckerae. Taxonomical update of previous agents of infections due to Diaporthe spp

Matías S Cabeza; Abel Gómez; Natalia Sasoni; Soledad Gamarra; Guillermo Garcia-Effron

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.11.001

Black grain eumycetoma due to Diaporthe ueckerae. Taxonomical update of previous agents of infections due to Diaporthe spp

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2022 Dec 1:39:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.11.001. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Matías S Cabeza^{1

2}, Abel Gómez³, Natalia Sasoni¹, Soledad Gamarra¹, Guillermo Garcia-Effron^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio de Micología y Diagnóstico Molecular, Cátedra de Parasitología y Micología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe city (Santa Fe), CP 3000, Argentina.
² Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Santa Fe city (Santa Fe), CP 3000, Argentina.
³ Clínica de Nefrología Urología y Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, Santa Fe city (Santa Fe), CP 3000, Argentina.

Abstract

A black-grain eumycetoma due to Diaporthe uekerae in a kidney transplant recipient is presented. The isolate was identified by using the newly available NCBI's curated database (rRNA_typestrains/ITS_RefSeq_Fungi) and the NCBI's GenBank + EMBL + DDBI + PDB + RefSeq database. The isolate's antifungal susceptibility was evaluated. The studied isolate showed low MIC values to the eight tested antifungals. Using this updated database, the identities of previous agents of Diaporthe spp. infections were revised.

Keywords: Black-grain; Diaporthe; Eumycetoma; Mycetoma.

Publication types

Case Reports