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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 2009-2011, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2009-2011.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

The Polypore Mushroom Irpex lacteus, a New Causative Agent of Fungal Infections

Walter Buzina,1* Cornelia Lass-Flörl,2 Gabriele Kropshofer,3 Martin C. Freund,4 and Egon Marth1

Institute of Hygiene, Medical University Graz, Graz,1 Institute of Hygiene and Social Medicine,2 Department of Pediatrics,3 Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria4

Received 3 June 2004/ Returned for modification 4 August 2004/ Accepted 29 November 2004

Irpex lacteus, a wood-decaying basidiomycete, was isolated from a pulmonary abscess of an immunosuppressed child. This medical strain was compared morphologically and by sequencing of the ribosomal intergenic spacers with specimens from both culture collections and herbarium desiccated material. The patient was treated successfully with amphotericin B.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Hygiene, Medical University Graz, Graz A 8010, Austria. Phone: 43 316 380-7719. Fax: 43 316 380-9648. E-mail: walter.buzina{at}meduni-graz.at.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, p. 2009-2011, Vol. 43, No. 4
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2009-2011.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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