Ahmadi Bahram, Hashemi Seyed Jamal, Zaini Farideh, Shidfar Mohammad Reza, Moazeni Maryam, Mousavi Bita, Noorbakhsh Fatemeh, Gheramishoar Mohsen, Hossein Pour Leila, Rezaie Sassan
Division of Molecular Biology, Department of Medical Mycology & Parasitology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Medical Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2012 Jul 3;1(1):45-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.06.003. eCollection 2012.
Based on epidemiological studies, Aspergillus candidus has been demonstrated as an emerging fungal agent of toenail onychomycosis. Here we report a case of a toenail infection caused by A. candidus in a healthy 60-year-old woman. Based on macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of the culture as well as nucleotide sequencing of 28S region, the causative agent was identified as A. candidus.
基于流行病学研究,白色念珠曲霉已被证实为引起趾甲甲癣的一种新出现的真菌病原体。在此,我们报告一例由白色念珠曲霉引起的趾甲感染病例,患者为一名60岁健康女性。根据培养物的宏观和微观特征以及28S区域的核苷酸测序,确定病原体为白色念珠曲霉。