Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Pyrenochaeta unguis-hominis in a diabetic patient: A case report

Australas J Dermatol. 2020 May;61(2):e221-e222. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13177. Epub 2019 Nov 13.

Abstract

Phaeohyphomycosis, caused by opportunistic rare fungi, has increasingly been reported in diabetic and immunosuppressed patients. Pyrenochaeta unguis-hominis (P. unguis-hominis), a member of the dematiaceae group, has been identified to cause human nail infection. We report a rare case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in a diabetic female caused by P. unguis-hominis.

Keywords: Pyrenochaeta unguis-hominis; opportunistic infection; phaeohyphomycosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Nail Diseases / drug therapy
  • Nail Diseases / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents

Supplementary concepts

  • Neocucurbitaria unguis-hominis