The type isolate of a rare Phaeoacremonium species as a cause of human eumycetoma

Abstract

An isolate of unknown identity that had been identified as causing eumycetoma was retained in an international culture collection, and eventually became the nomenclatural type isolate of the rarely encountered Phaeoacremonium sphinctrophorum . The case featured an indurated, painless, swollen lesion on the dorsum of the foot that had developed in a Canadian resident who had previously been a farmer in Laos. Resection alone was curative.

Phaeoacremonium tuscanicum and Phaeoacremonium indicum sp. nov. associated with subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

“…Infections due to wounds on the skin together with exposure to conidia in the soil, would be a possibility for gardeners or farmers working with hands in the soil or walking on bare feet. Cases of foot infections (Belkin et al 2020 ) and finger infections support this hypothesis (Colombier et al 2015 ).…”