Atypical presence of Pseudallescheria boydii in a soft tissue infection in a patient from Southwest India

Abstract

Pseudallescheria boydii is ubiquitous in nature and one of the most common causes of fungal mycetoma in temperate regions. Traumatic implantation of P. boydii into subcutaneous tissue or aspiration of contaminated water is some of the methods that can result in human infection (Hay, 1993). This fungus is infamous for its refractoriness toward therapy, predominantly seen in patients who are immunocompromised and resistance to several antifungal agents (Guarro et al., 2006; Tammer et al., 2011). We report an atypical case of P.