Botryomyces caespitosus as an agent of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

D Benoldi; A Alinovi; L Polonelli; S Conti; M Gerloni; L Ajello; A A Padhye; G S de Hoog

Botryomyces caespitosus as an agent of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

J Med Vet Mycol. 1991;29(1):9-13.

Authors

D Benoldi¹, A Alinovi, L Polonelli, S Conti, M Gerloni, L Ajello, A A Padhye, G S de Hoog

Affiliation

¹ Istituto di Dermatologia, Faculta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Italy.

PMID: 2061797

Abstract

The second known case of a skin infection caused by Botryomyces caespitosus is reported. This case has made it possible to describe the characteristics of this fungus in vivo and to establish it as another agent of phaeohyphomycosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Dermatomycoses / etiology
Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
Humans
Knee
Male
Middle Aged
Mitosporic Fungi / classification
Mitosporic Fungi / isolation & purification*
Multiple Trauma / complications*