Demonstration of Adventitious Sporulation in Fusarium Petroliphilum Onychomycosis

Overview

Journal Mycopathologia

Specialties Microbiology
Pharmacology

Date 2019 Feb 9

PMID 30734128

Citations 6

Authors

Ziauddin Khan

Suhail Ahmad

Wadha Alfouzan

Leena Joseph

Soumya Varghese

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Abstract

Fusarium petroliphilum is a recently described species within the Fusarium solani species complex. Some strains of Fusarium species are capable of forming yeast-like structures in tissue as well as in culture through a process known as "adventitious sporulation." Here, we describe the formation of these yeast-like reproductive structures in infected nail tissue obtained from a case of onychomycosis. These structures were also observed in culture grown on RPMI 1640 agar supplemented with 2% glucose. The isolate was resistant to azoles and echinocandins. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing adventitious sporulation in F. petroliphilum and its etiologic role in onychomycosis.

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