Isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of Mimosa pudica, a probable natural source of chromoblastomycosis.

نویسندگان

  • Claudio Guedes Salgado
  • Jorge Pereira da Silva
  • José Antônio Picanço Diniz
  • Moisés Batista da Silva
  • Patrícia Fagundes da Costa
  • Claudio Teixeira
  • Ubirajara Imbiriba Salgado
چکیده

We report the isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of the plant Mimosa pudica L. at the place of infection identified by one of our patients. Clinical diagnosis of chromoblastomycosis was established by direct microscopic examination and cultures from the patient's lesion. The same species was isolated from the patient and from the plant. Scanning electron microscopy of the surface of the thorns showed the characteristic conidial arrangement of F. pedrosoi. These data indicate that M. pudica could be a natural source of infection for the fungus F. pedrosoi.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

دوره 46 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004