Pseudallescheria fusoidea: a new cause of osteomyelitis

Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Unit of Microbiology, Medical School, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain; Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: mlindsley{at}cdc.gov.

	Abstract

Osteomyelitis resulting from a mould infection often presents as a chronic and indolent disease process. Described, for the first time, is a case of osteomyelitis of the foot caused by the mould Pseudallescheria fusoidea which resulted from traumatic implantation after an injury sustained three years earlier.