Subcutaneous Cyst due to Medicopsis romeroi in a Diabetic Lepromatous Leprosy Patient: An Interesting Case Report and Review from India
Published: October 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/30102.10718
Bhawna Sharma, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Khushbu Pandey, Gajanand Mittal, V. Ramesh, Monorama Deb
1. Specialist, Department of Microbiology, ESIC Hospital, Okhla, New Delhi, India.
2. Senior Research fellow, Department of Medical Mycology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
3. Postgraduate Student, Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and associated Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India.
4. Senior resident, Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and associated Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India.
5. Head of the Department, Department of Dermatology, Veneorology and Leprosy, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and associated Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi,
India.
6. Ex-Director and Professor, Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and associated Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Bhawna Sharma,
Specialist, ESIC Hospital, Okhla, New Delhi-110020, India.
E-mail: bhawna229150@gmail.com
Medicopsis romeroi (M. romeroi) (syn. Pyrenochaeta romeroi) is a rare melanized fungus causing subcutaneous/localized invasive phaeohyphomycosis in immunocompromised patients. We present a rare case of subcutaneous phaeohypho-mycotic cyst caused by M.romeroi in a diabetic male with lepromatous leprosy. Molecular identification was performed by sequencing of Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region and D1/D2 region of Large Ribosomal Subunit (LSU).
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