Mycetoma of the foot caused by Fusarium solani: identification of the etiologic agent by DNA sequencing

H Yera; M E Bougnoux; C Jeanrot; M T Baixench; G De Pinieux; J Dupouy-Camet

doi:10.1128/JCM.41.4.1805-1808.2003

Mycetoma of the foot caused by Fusarium solani: identification of the etiologic agent by DNA sequencing

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Apr;41(4):1805-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1805-1808.2003.

Authors

H Yera¹, M E Bougnoux, C Jeanrot, M T Baixench, G De Pinieux, J Dupouy-Camet

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Cochin, 75014 Paris, France.

Abstract

We report a case of Fusarium solani mycetoma of the foot that could not be diagnosed by culture, but was correctly identified after amplification and sequence analysis of fungal internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 and 5.8S ribosomal DNA regions.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

DNA, Fungal / analysis
DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / analysis
Foot / microbiology
Foot / pathology
Foot Dermatoses / microbiology*
Fusarium / classification*
Fusarium / genetics
Fusarium / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycetoma / microbiology*
RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA*

Substances

DNA, Fungal
DNA, Ribosomal
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S

Associated data

GENBANK/AF150467
GENBANK/AF165874
GENBANK/AF440567