Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in a patient with IgG4-related sclerosing disease caused by a novel ascomycete, Hongkongmyces pedis gen. Et sp. Nov.: First report of human infection associated with the family Lindgomycetaceae

Medical Mycology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 736-747

  Tsang, Chi Ching ^a   Chan, Jasper F W ^a,b   Trendell Smith, Nigel J ^c   Ngan, Antonio H Y ^a   Ling, Ian W H ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hongkongmyces; Hongkongmyces pedis; identification; Lindgomycetaceae; molecular typing; subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA TUBULIN; DNA 18S; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S; TUBULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; CLOHESYOMYCES; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HONGKONGMYCES PEDIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINDGOMYCETACEAE; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOT; GENETICS; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FOOT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

EID: 84906869647     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myu043     Document Type: Article

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