Chaetomium globosum Cutaneous Fungal Infection Confirmed by Molecular Identification: A Case Report from Malaysia

Mycopathologia. 2015 Aug;180(1-2):137-41. doi: 10.1007/s11046-015-9890-5. Epub 2015 Apr 18.

Abstract

An 11-year-old girl presented with multiple blisters on her the right foot complicated with cellulitis. The conventional and molecular identification were performed on the culture. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region in rRNA gene of the isolate was amplified by PCR. The sequence of the amplified ITS region matched 99 % with that of Chaetomium globosum in the GenBank. This is the first report describing C. globosum causing cutaneous infection in Malaysia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Cellulitis / diagnosis*
  • Cellulitis / etiology
  • Cellulitis / microbiology
  • Cellulitis / pathology*
  • Chaetomium / classification*
  • Chaetomium / genetics
  • Chaetomium / isolation & purification*
  • Child
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Dermatomycoses / complications
  • Dermatomycoses / diagnosis*
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology
  • Dermatomycoses / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaysia
  • Microbiological Techniques
  • Microscopy
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KM282168