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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1999, p. 3395-3398, Vol. 37, No. 10
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Maxillary Sinusitis Caused by Medusoid Form of Schizophyllum commune

Lynne Sigler,1,2,* James R. Bartley,3 Dinah H. Parr,4 and Arthur J. Morris5

The University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium, Devonian Botanic Garden,1 and Medical Microbiology and Immunology,2 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Departments of Otolaryngology3 and Microbiology,5 Green Lane Hospital, and Department of Microbiology, Auckland Hospital,4 Auckland, New Zealand

Received 26 April 1999/Returned for modification 26 May 1999/Accepted 26 June 1999

We present a case of maxillary sinusitis in a diabetic female caused by the basidiomycete fungus Schizophyllum commune. Identification of the isolate was hampered by its atypical features. Subcultures formed sterile medusoid structures from nonclamped mycelia until spontaneous dikaryotization resulted in the development of characteristic fan-shaped fruiting bodies. Identification was confirmed by the presence of spicules formed on the hyphae and by vegetative compatibility with known isolates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium, Devonian Botanic Garden, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada. Phone: (780) 987-4811. Fax: (780) 987-4141. E-mail: lynne.sigler{at}ualberta.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1999, p. 3395-3398, Vol. 37, No. 10
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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