Chromoblastomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella aquaspersa

Gloria M González; O Carolina Rojas; José G González; Yingqian Kang; G S de Hoog

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.08.001

Chromoblastomycosis caused by Rhinocladiella aquaspersa

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2013 Aug 31:2:148-51. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.08.001.

Authors

Gloria M González¹, O Carolina Rojas¹, José G González², Yingqian Kang³, G S de Hoog⁴

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
² Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
³ CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands ; Department of Microbiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China ; Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; Peking University Health Science Center, Research Center for Medical Mycology, Beijing, China ; Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China ; Shanghai Institute of Medical Mycology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China ; Basic Pathology Department, Federal University of Paraná State, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil ; King Abdulassiz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

A case of chromoblastomycosis of the hand caused by Rhinocladiella aquaspersa is described. The case was acquired locally in tropical Venezuela and was successfully treated with oral itraconazole.

Keywords: Chromoblastomycosis; Itraconazole; Rhinocladiella aquaspersa.