Bisifusarium Delphinoides, an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen in a Burn Patient with Diabetes Mellitus
10.1080/12298093.2019.1628521
- Author:
Ji Hyun PARK
1
;
Junsang OH
;
Ji Sun SONG
;
Jayoung KIM
;
Gi Ho SUNG
Author Information
1. Translational Research Division, Biomedical Institute of Mycological Resource, International St. Mary's Hospital and College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Incheon, Korea. sung97330@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Note
- From:Mycobiology
2019;47(3):340-345
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
An 82-year-old man with diabetes was admitted to the emergency department with a third-degree burn on his left leg. The deep swab specimen from his left leg was cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar without cycloheximide and incubated at 25 °C for 5 days. On the basis of morphological characteristics and multigene phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA and partial fragments of beta-tubulin and translation elongation factor 1-alpha, the causal agent of fungal skin infection was identified as Bisifusarium delphinoides, which was newly introduced by accommodating a Fusarium dimerum species complex. Thus, we describe here the first case of skin infection caused by B. delphinoides on a burn patient with diabetes mellitus based on morphological observation and molecular analysis.
