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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2000, p. 2434-2437, Vol. 38, No. 6
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Phaeoisaria clematidis as a Cause of Keratomycosis

Josep Guarro,1,2,* Luiz A. Vieira,3 Denise De Freitas,3 Josepa Gené,1,2 Luis Zaror,4 Ana Luisa Hofling-Lima,3 Olga Fischman,5 Cecilia Zorat-Yu,3 and M. José Figueras1

Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201-Reus,1 and Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona,2 Spain; Disciplina de Oftalmología3 and Disciplina de Biología Celular,5 UNIFESP/EPM, São Paulo, Brazil; and Instituto de Microbiología Clínica, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile4

Received 28 December 1999/Returned for modification 15 February 2000/Accepted 14 March 2000

We report the first case of human infection by Phaeoisaria clematidis. This fungus caused a corneal ulcer in a Brazilian man who had previously suffered an eye injury. Diagnosis was established by positive direct examination and repeated cultures. The isolate was clearly resistant in vitro to the six antifungal agents tested.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carrer Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Spain. Phone: 34 977759359. Fax: 34 977759322. E-mail: umb{at}fmcs.urv.es.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2000, p. 2434-2437, Vol. 38, No. 6
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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