Browse
Submit Data
Databases
API
Help

Dataset Information

26 Views

0 Connections

0 Citations

0 Reanalyses

0 Downloads

Omics score: 0

Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident.

ABSTRACT: A 32-year-old immunocompetent man sustained severe traumas contaminated with organic material due to a car accident. An infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa at the site of contamination was early diagnosed and cured by multiple surgical debridement and daily cleansing with antiseptic solution only.

SUBMITTER: Bibashi E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3885937 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Json Xml

Publications

Wound infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa due to a car accident.

Bibashi Evangelia E de Hoog G Sybren GS Pavlidis Theodoros E TE Symeonidis Nikolaos N Sakantamis Athanasios A Walther Grit G

Medical mycology case reports 20121208

A 32-year-old immunocompetent man sustained severe traumas contaminated with organic material due to a car accident. An infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa at the site of contamination was early diagnosed and cured by multiple surgical debridement and daily cleansing with antiseptic solution only. ...[more]

PMID: 24432204

Similar Datasets

Striatal necrosis caused by Lichtheimia ramosa in a neonatal calf.

Project description:A 12-day-old male calf that did not want breast milk from birth died following neurological signs such as staggering. Postmortem examination revealed bleeding and encephalomalacia in the left striatum and frontal lobe. Histopathologically, necrotic granulomatous encephalitis with numerous fungi was detected. The fungi were positively stained with anti-Rhizomucor mouse monoclonal antibodies. Lichtheimia ramosa was detected in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples of the affected tissue by molecular methods. To the best of our knowledge, striatal necrosis caused by L. ramosa in a neonatal calf has not been reported. This study provides the first evidence of striatal necrosis caused by L. ramosa in a neonatal calf.

| S-EPMC8762403 | biostudies-literature

A significant number of reported Absidia corymbifera (Lichtheimia corymbifera) infections are caused by Lichtheimia ramosa (syn. Lichtheimia hongkongensis): an emerging cause of mucormycosis.

Project description:Recently, we and others reported the discovery of Lichtheimia ramosa (syn. Lichtheimia hongkongensis). We also hypothesized that a proportion of 'Absidia corymbifera (Lichtheimia corymbifera)' reported in the literature could be L. ramosa. In this study, we characterized 13 strains that had been reported as 'A. corymbifera (L. corymbifera)' in the literature over an 11-year period. Microscopic examination of agar block smear preparations of all 13 strains showed abundant circinate side branches and pleomorphic giant cells with finger-like projections of L. ramosa. ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 rRNA gene cluster (internal transcribed spacer (ITS)) and partial elongation factor-1alpha (EF1α) gene sequencing showed that all 13 strains were clustered with L. ramosa; partial β-actin gene sequencing showed that most of the 13 strains were clustered with L. ramosa; and partial 28S rRNA gene sequencing showed that all 13 strains were clustered with L. ramosa, but one strain of L. corymbifera (HKU25) was also clustered with other strains of L. ramosa. A significant number of reported A. corymbifera (L. corymbifera) infections are L. ramosa infections which are of global distribution. In clinical microbiology laboratories, L. ramosa should be suspected if an Absidia-like mold that possesses abundant circinate side branches on the sporangiophores and pleomorphic giant cells with finger-like projections is observed. ITS and partial EF1α gene sequencing are more reliable than partial β-actin and 28S rRNA gene sequencing for identification of the Lichtheimia species.

| S-EPMC3630919 | biostudies-literature

Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of Lichtheimia ramosa (syn. Lichtheimia hongkongensis).

Project description:We report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Lichtheimia ramosa (syn. Lichtheimia hongkongensis), the first complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the genus Lichtheimia. This 31.8-kb mitochondrial genome encodes 11 subunits of respiratory chain complexes, 3 ATP synthase subunits, 25 tRNAs, and small and large rRNAs, with the gene order atp9-cox2-atp6-cox3-cox1-nad2-nad3-cob-nad1-nad6-nad5-nad4l-nad4-atp8.

| S-EPMC4081996 | biostudies-literature

Lichtheimia ramosa

Project description:A causative organism of mucormycosis

| PRJNA318415 | ENA

Lichtheimia ramosa

Project description:Lichtheimia ramosa Genome sequencing

| PRJNA341519 | ENA

De Novo Whole-Genome Sequence and Genome Annotation of Lichtheimia ramosa.

Project description:We report the annotated draft genome sequence of Lichtheimia ramosa (JMRC FSU:6197). It has been reported to be a causative organism of mucormycosis, a rare but rapidly progressive infection in immunocompromised humans. The functionally annotated genomic sequence consists of 74 scaffolds with a total number of 11,510 genes.

| S-EPMC4161746 | biostudies-literature

Lichtheimia ramosa B5399

Project description:Comparative genome analysis of Mucormycosis-causing strains from clinical settings

| PRJNA184882 | ENA

Lichtheimia ramosa B5792

Project description:Comparative genome analysis of Mucormycosis-causing strains from clinical settings

| PRJNA211910 | ENA

Lichtheimia ramosa isolate:KPH11

Project description:Lichtheimia ramosa isolate:KPH11 Genome sequencing

| PRJNA487495 | ENA

WGS of Lichtheimia ramosa

Project description:Genome sequencing and annotation of Lichtheimia ramosa JMRC:FSU:6197