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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2014

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycotic nodule due to Phialemoniopsis hongkongensis sp. nov.

Chi-Ching Tsang, Jasper F W Chan, Philip P C Ip, Antonio H Y Ngan, Jonathan H K Chen, Susanna K P Lau, Patrick C Y Woo

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chi-Ching TsangDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6705-2866
Jasper F W ChanDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Philip P C IpDepartment of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Antonio H Y NganDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Jonathan H K ChenDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7510-1696
Susanna K P LauDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong skplau@hku.hk pcywoo@hku.hk.
Patrick C Y WooDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Carol Yu Centre for Infection, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong skplau@hku.hk pcywoo@hku.hk.
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Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phialemoniopsis species are ubiquitous dematiaceous molds associated with a wide variety of superficial and systemic infections in human. In this study, we isolated a mold from the forearm nodule biopsy specimen from a patient with underlying liver cirrhosis, ankylosing spondylosis, and tuberculosis. He was treated with itraconazole, but unfortunately, he succumbed as a result of disseminated tuberculosis with multiorgan failure. The histology results of the skin biopsy showed necrotizing granulomas in which numerous fungal elements were found. On Sabouraud dextrose agar, the fungal isolate grew as white-to-cream and smooth-to-velvety colonies. Microscopically, oval-to-cylindrical conidia were observed from abundant adelophialides, which possessed barely visible parallel collarettes but no basal septa. The azole drugs voriconazole, itraconazole, and posaconazole, as well as amphotericin B, showed high activities against this fungus. Internal transcribed spacer, 28S nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA), and β-actin and β-tubulin gene sequencing showed that this fungus is most closely related to but distinct from Phialemonium curvata. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and hierarchical cluster analysis showed that the MALDI-TOF MS spectrum of this fungus is most closely related to that of Phialemonium pluriloculosa. We propose a new species, Phialemoniopsis hongkongensis sp. nov., to describe this fungus.

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ActinsAntifungal AgentsBiopsyCluster AnalysisCoinfectionDNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerFatal OutcomeHistocytochemistryHumansLiver CirrhosisMaleMicrobiological TechniquesMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataActinsAntifungal AgentsDNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerRNA, Ribosomal, 28STubulin

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PMID24966363
PMCPMC4313151
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