Isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of Mimosa pudica, a probable natural source of chromoblastomycosis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Claudio Guedes Salgado²  Jorge Pereira Da Silva²  José Antônio Picanço Diniz¹  Moisés Batista Da Silva²  Patrícia Fagundes Da Costa²  Claudio Teixeira¹  Ubirajara Imbiriba Salgado² 

[1] ,Universidade do Estado do Pará Laboratório de Dermato-Imunologia

关键词: Chromoblastomycosis;    Fonsecaea pedrosoi;    Mimosa pudica;    Thorns;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652004000100006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We report the isolation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi from thorns of the plant Mimosa pudica L. at the place of infection identified by one of our patients. Clinical diagnosis of chromoblastomycosis was established by direct microscopic examination and cultures from the patient's lesion. The same species was isolated from the patient and from the plant. Scanning electron microscopy of the surface of the thorns showed the characteristic conidial arrangement of F. pedrosoi. These data indicate that M. pudica could be a natural source of infection for the fungus F. pedrosoi.

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