Deep cutaneous infection with Microsphaeropsis arundinis: report of two Japanese cases.

© 2015 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-2091 Journal Compilation © 2015 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Coelomycetes are asexual fungi which produce their conidiospores within fruiting structures known as conidiomata. They are ubiquitous in soil and freshwater environments, and recognized as plant pathogens (1, 2). Although human infections with coelomycetous fungi are exceedingly rare, some may cause an opportunistic soft tissue infection, particularly as phaeohyphomycosis, in immunocompromised hosts (1, 3). We recently experienced 2 independent Japanese cases of infection by Microsphaeropsis arundinis, a coelomycete fungus (2). This is the first report of M. arundinis infection in Asia.