New pyrenochaeta species causing keratitis.
J Clin Microbiol, 2009/5;47(5):1596-8.
Ferrer C[1], Pérez-Santonja JJ, Rodríguez AE, Colom MF, Gené J, Alio JL, Verkley GJ, Guarro J
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PMID: 19297598DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01912-08
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Abstract
We report a new fungus as an agent of fungal keratitis in a diabetic woman. The fungal etiology was established by classic microbiology and PCR following 3 months of antibacterial therapy. The morphological features of the isolate and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region indicate a new species of Pyrenochaeta (Coelomycetes).
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Aged; Ascomycota; Cornea; DNA, Fungal; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; Diabetes Complications; Eye; Female; Humans; Keratitis; Molecular Sequence Data; Mycological Typing Techniques; Mycoses; Sequence Analysis, DNA
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