Colletotrichum

The burden of human infection due to Colletotrichum species is clearly not known due to lack of awareness of this agent in causing disease and availability of few reports. However, three series of mycotic keratitis reported by Fernandez et al.,12 Kaliamurthy et al.,29 and Marangon et al.30 had shown...

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Published inMolecular Detection of Human Fungal Pathogens pp. 428 - 437
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom CRC Press 2011
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
FAMILY, HOME AND PRACTICAL INTERESTS
Food & beverage technology
Molecular biology
Glomerella Cingulata
Colletotrichum Capsici
Surface Buff
Potato Carrot Agar
Colletotrichum Dematium
Boll Rot
Corneal Trauma
Plant Pathogenic Species
PDA
Subcutaneous Infections
Triamcinolone Acetonide
Foliar Blight
Injury To The Eye
Phialides
Marangon
Colletotrichum Species
Colletotrichum Truncatum
Conidiogenous Cells
Smooth
Leaf Blight
Morphological Characters
Hyphae Hyaline
Sample Preparation
Conidial Dimensions
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Summary:The burden of human infection due to Colletotrichum species is clearly not known due to lack of awareness of this agent in causing disease and availability of few reports. However, three series of mycotic keratitis reported by Fernandez et al.,12 Kaliamurthy et al.,29 and Marangon et al.30 had shown that Colletotrichum was the causative agent in 2.8% (10 of 360), 1.9% (7 of 378), and 3.0% (14 of 467) of cases, respectively. Reported human infection due to Colletotrichum species is summarized in Table 49.2. Most patients with Colletotrichum keratitis are rural agriculturalworkers. Although precedent history of injury to the eye is obvious in the majority of cases, occasional minor unnoticed trauma may be the possible reason in a few cases.
ISBN:1439812403
9781439812402
DOI:10.1201/b11375-53