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Case Reports
. 1998 Oct;36(10):3060-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.10.3060-3065.1998.

Subcutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

J Guarro  1 , T E Svidzinski, L Zaror, M H Forjaz, J Gené, O Fischman
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Subcutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

J Guarro et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Oct.

Abstract

The coelomycete Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was isolated in pure culture from subcutaneous nodules of the left forearm and elbow of a farmer after traumatic injury. To our knowledge, we report the first case involving this fungus as an etiological agent of subcutaneous infection. The in vitro inhibitory activities of amphotericin B, itraconazole, ketoconazole, miconazole, flucytosine, and fluconazole were studied.

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FIG. 1
Nodular lesions over the dorsum of the patient’s left forearm and elbow.
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FIG. 2
Periodic acid-Schiff stain of biopsy specimen from the left elbow showing a segmented branched, hyaline hypha. Magnification, ×440.
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FIG. 3
Methenamine silver stain of the skin biopsy specimen showing toruloid, septate hyphal elements with irregular forms. Magnification, ×440.
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FIG. 4
C. gloeosporioides colony growing on PDA after 10 days of incubation.
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FIG. 5
Conidia of C. gloeosporioides. Stain, lactophenol cotton blue. Magnification, ×440.
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FIG. 6
Conidia of C. gloeosporioides. Magnification by Nomarski optics, ×1,440.
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FIG. 7
Appressoria of C. gloeosporioides. Stain, lactophenol cotton blue. Magnification, ×440.
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