A Rare Case Report of Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycotic Cyst Caused by Exophiala oligosperma in an Immunocompetent Host with Literature Review

Sithara Venkateshwar; M. Moses Ambroise; G. Johny Asir; Nagaraja Mudhigeti; Anita Ramdas; K. Authy; M. R. Shivaprakash; Reba Kanungo

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A Rare Case Report of Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycotic Cyst Caused by Exophiala oligosperma in an Immunocompetent Host with Literature Review

Sithara Venkateshwar, M. Moses Ambroise, G. Johny Asir, Nagaraja Mudhigeti, Anita Ramdas, K. Authy, M. R. Shivaprakash, Reba Kanungo

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We report a rare case of phaeohyphomycotic cyst in an immunocompetent patient caused by Exophiala oligosperma. This fungus is earlier known to cause infections in the immunocompromised. Identification of black fungi at species level is more challenging by conventional methods, and hence final identification of the fungi was based on sequencing of rDNA. The patient was managed with surgical excision. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of E. oligosperma human infection from India.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-121
Number of pages	5
Journal	MYCOPATHOLOGIA
Volume	178
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-014-9762-4
Publication status	Published - Aug 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Exophiala
Fungus
Immunocompetent
Oligosperma
Phaeohyphomycosis
Sequencing

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