First Human Case of Pulmonary Fungal Ball Due to a Perenniporia Species (a Basidiomycete)

TY - JOUR

T1 - First Human Case of Pulmonary Fungal Ball Due to a Perenniporia Species (a Basidiomycete)

AU - Chowdhary, A.

AU - Agarwal, K.

AU - Kathuria, S.

AU - Singh, P.K.

AU - Roy, P.

AU - Gaur, S.N.

AU - Rodrigues, A.M.

AU - de Hoog, G.S.

AU - Meis, J.F.

N1 - Reporting year: 2012

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Perenniporia species are basidiomycetes, resupinate shelf fungi responsible for white rot decay of wood. Here, we report for the first time an intracavitary pulmonary fungal ball due to a species of Perenniporia that has not been recognized so far as a human pathogen. The fungus was identified by sequencing of the partial ribosomal operon of a culture from a clinical specimen.

AB - Perenniporia species are basidiomycetes, resupinate shelf fungi responsible for white rot decay of wood. Here, we report for the first time an intracavitary pulmonary fungal ball due to a species of Perenniporia that has not been recognized so far as a human pathogen. The fungus was identified by sequencing of the partial ribosomal operon of a culture from a clinical specimen.

U2 - 10.1128/JCM.01863-12

DO - 10.1128/JCM.01863-12

M3 - Article

SN - 0095-1137

VL - 50

SP - 3786

EP - 3791

JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology

JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology

IS - 11

ER -