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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2006, p. 4619-4622, Vol. 44, No. 12
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01019-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Phaeoacremonium krajdenii, a Cause of White Grain Eumycetoma{triangledown}

B. M. Hemashettar,1 B. Siddaramappa,2 B. S. Munjunathaswamy,2 A. S. Pangi,3 Jayashree Pattan,4 A. T. Andrade,4 A. A. Padhye,5* Lizel Mostert,6,{dagger} and R. C. Summerbell6

Department of Microbiology, Basaveshwara Medical College, Chitradurga, India; Departments of,1 Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology,2 Surgery,3 Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, and Hi-Tech Health Care and Diagnostic Center, Pvt. Ltd., Belgaum, India,4 Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia,5 Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands6

Received 16 May 2006/ Returned for modification 3 July 2006/ Accepted 12 September 2006

We describe the first case of white grain pedal eumycetoma caused by Phaeoacremonium krajdenii in a 41-year-old man from Goa, India. Based on histological examination of biopsy tissue showing serpentine granules, a culture of the granules yielding phaeoid fungal colonies, and morphological characteristics and sequence comparison of the partial ß-tubulin gene with the ex-type isolate of P. krajdenii, the causal agent was identified as P. krajdenii.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bldg. 17, Room 2027, G-11, Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-5476. Fax: (404) 639-3546. E-mail: aap1{at}cdc.gov.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 September 2006.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2006, p. 4619-4622, Vol. 44, No. 12
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01019-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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