Cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis due to Petriella setifera following traumatic inoculation in an immunocompetent host

Carlie Cerne; Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi; John E Bennett

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.03.002

Cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis due to Petriella setifera following traumatic inoculation in an immunocompetent host

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2021 Mar 26:32:56-60. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.03.002. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Authors

Carlie Cerne¹, Seyedmojtaba Seyedmousavi², John E Bennett³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA.
² Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
³ Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.

Abstract

A common cause of subcutaneous mycoses in immunocompetent patients is traumatic inoculation. This is the first reported case of cutaneous infection with Petriella setifera in a human host. A 49-year-old immunocompetent man sustained a splinter from his wooden deck, which resulted in a chronic cutaneous lesion. Originally identified as Scedosporium species on microscopic examination, genome sequencing of the internal transcribed spaces (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) identified the mold as Petriella setifera, a common environmental fungus responsible for wood rot. The patient underwent excision and antifungal therapy with cure.

Keywords: Inoculation; Mold; Mycosis; Petriella.

Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.

Publication types

Case Reports