The first case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella basitona in an immunocompetent child in China

Mycopathologia. 2013 Aug;176(1-2):101-5. doi: 10.1007/s11046-013-9645-0. Epub 2013 Apr 17.

Abstract

We present the first case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella basitona (R. basitona) in China and describe the mycological characteristics of this pathogen. A 11-year-old girl was presented with plaque on her face for 3 years. Diagnosis was based on histopathology, mycology, and molecular identification. The patient was treated with terbinafine and itraconazole. This case is the second of phaeohyphomycosis caused by R. basitona in the world (previously belonging to Geniculosporium).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascomycota / classification*
  • Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Child
  • China
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Face / pathology
  • Female
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Microbiological Techniques
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Naphthalenes / therapeutic use
  • Phaeohyphomycosis / diagnosis*
  • Phaeohyphomycosis / drug therapy
  • Phaeohyphomycosis / microbiology*
  • Phaeohyphomycosis / pathology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Terbinafine

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • Naphthalenes
  • Itraconazole
  • Terbinafine

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JX981676