Disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant recipient involving Macrophomina phaseolina and Scytalidium dimidiatum: case report and review of taxonomic changes among medically important members of the Botryosphaeriaceae

• Published in: Medical mycology (Oxford) Vol. 46; no. 3; p. 285
• Main Authors: Tan, Darrell H S, Sigler, Lynne, Gibas, Connie F C, Fong, Ignatius W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Ascomycota - classification; Ascomycota - genetics; Ascomycota - isolation & purification; DNA, Fungal - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Humans; India; Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Mycoses - microbiology; Postoperative Complications - microbiology; India

We report the first case of human infection with the fungal plant pathogen Macrophomina phaseolina in a Sri Lankan-born Canadian man following a renal transplant in India. The patient subsequently succumbed to invasive infection with Scytalidium dimidiatum. Molecular sequence analysis confirmed the...