PURPOSE To report a rare case of keratitis infected by Bipolaris hawaiiensis. METHODS A patient who was diagnosed as fungal keratitis caused by B. hawaiiensis was retrospectively reviewed for history, clinical characteristics, risk factors, laboratory findings, treatments, and outcomes. RESULTS A 63-year-old man with a history of trauma and saw dust in the left eye presented with a corneal ...

*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Division of Molecular Mycology, Department of Medical Mycology & Parasitology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98-21-8951583, Fax: +98-21-6462267, Email: [email protected] Phaeohyphomycosis is a cosmopolitan infection that is caused by a...

© 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 ...

Phaeohyphomycosis is a disease caused by dematiaceous fungi. Here, the first culture-proven case of mediastinal mass due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi is reported. The patient was a 40-yr-old male who had presented with history of dyspnoea and dysphagia. Computed tomography of the chest disclosed a mediastinal mass. Cultures of a specimen from the mediastinum grew Fonsecaea pedrosoi. The patient receiv...