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Phaeohyphomycotic soft tissue disease caused by Pleurophomopsis lignicola in a kidney transplant patient

C. FARINA, E. PUNITHALIGHAM^*, P. RUGGENENTI and A. GOGLIO

Microbiology Institute, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy

Division of Nephrology, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy

*International Mycological Institute, Egham, Surrey

Corresponding author: Dr C. Farina.

Received July 31, 1996 Revision received January 10, 1997.
Accepted January 10, 1997

A 44-year-old immunocompromised man presented with multiple tissue abscesses, covering the entire left limb. A dematiaceous fungus compatible with Pleurophomopsis lignicola Petrak was isolated from the diseased tissue in pure culture. This is the second reported isolation of this fungus from man and the first report of fatal soft tissue infection. A detailed morphological description of the isolate is provided.