Peritonitis due to Thermoascus taitungiacus (anamorph Paecilomyces taitungiacus)

Authors
Korzets, A Weinberger, M Chagnac, A Goldschmied-Reouven, A Rinaldi, MG Sutton, DA
Citation
A. Korzets et al., Peritonitis due to Thermoascus taitungiacus (anamorph Paecilomyces taitungiacus), J CLIN MICR, 39(2), 2001, pp. 720-724
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
720 - 724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200102)39:2<720:PDTTT(>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The first case of human disease due to the thermophilic ascomycete Thermoas cus taitungiacus (the teleomorph of Paecilomyces taitungiacus) is presented . T. taitungiacus was recovered from four dialysate fluid specimens of a 57 -year-old patient undergoing chronic peritoneal dialysis. Identification wa s based upon cylindrical conidia, reddish orange nonostiolate ascomata, lac k of growth at 20 degreesC, thermotolerance, and ascospores that appeared p ale yellow, elliptical, thick walled, and predominately echinulate by light microscopy but irregularly verrucose by scanning electron microscopy.