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Subcutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
J Guarro1, T E Svidzinski, L Zaror
1Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201 Reus, Spain. umb@fmcs.urv.es
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|September 17, 1998
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.