Isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of Mimosa pudica, a probable natural source of chromoblastomycosis
We report the isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of the plant Mimosa pudica L. at the place of infection identified by one of our patients. Clinical diagnosis of chromoblastomycosis was established by direct microscopic examination and cultures from the patient's lesion. The same species wa...
| Autor principal: | SALGADO, Claudio Guedes |
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| Outros Autores: | SILVA, Jorge Pereira da, DINIZ JUNIOR, José Antônio Picanço, SILVA, Moisés Batista da, COSTA, Patricia Fagundes da, TEIXEIRA, Cláudio Eduardo Corrêa, SALGADO, Ubirajara Imbiriba |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | eng |
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2012
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http://repositorio.ufpa.br/jspui/handle/2011/2539 |
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We report the isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of the plant Mimosa pudica L. at the place of infection identified by one of our patients. Clinical diagnosis of chromoblastomycosis was established by direct microscopic examination and cultures from the patient's lesion. The same species was isolated from the patient and from the plant. Scanning electron microscopy of the surface of the thorns showed the characteristic conidial arrangement of F. pedrosoi. These data indicate that M. pudica could be a natural source of infection for the fungus F. pedrosoi. |