First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis

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Sarvestani HK¹ ; Ghazvini RD¹ ; Hashemi SJ¹ ; Rezaie S¹ ; Mahmoudi S² ; Shoar MG¹ ; Elahi M³ ; Izadi A¹ ; Getso MI^{1, 4} ; Rafat Z⁵ ; Tajdini A³ ; Hedayati MT⁶

Source: Journal of Wound Care Published:2021

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Otomycosis is a fungal infection of the external auditory canal caused mainly by the genus Aspergillus. Aspergillus luchuensis, an industrially important fungus, is a member of Aspergillus section Nigri. In this report, we present a case of otomycosis due to Aspergillus luchuensis in a 43-year-old female patient. We performed a partial PCRsequencing of β-tubulin and calmodulin genes to identify the isolate to the species level. Further, we determined the in vitro susceptibility of the isolate to nystatin, clotrimazole and itraconazole according to the Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) M38-A2 protocol. Accordingly, the minimum inhibitory concentrations of clotrimazole, nystatin and itraconazole were 0.25μg/mL, 0.5μg/mL and 1μg/mL, respectively. This is the first report of clinically relevant isolation of Aspergillus luchuensis identified by a molecular technique as a causative agent of otomycosis. © 2020 MA Healthcare ltd.

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MLA	Sarvestani HK, et al.. "First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis." Journal of Wound Care, vol. 30, no. , 2021, pp. 17-18.
APA	Sarvestani HK, Ghazvini RD, Hashemi SJ, Rezaie S, Mahmoudi S, Shoar MG, Elahi M, Izadi A, Getso MI, Rafat Z, Tajdini A, Hedayati MT (2021). First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis. Journal of Wound Care, 30(), 17-18.
Chicago	Sarvestani HK, Ghazvini RD, Hashemi SJ, Rezaie S, Mahmoudi S, Shoar MG, Elahi M, et al.. "First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis." Journal of Wound Care 30, no. (2021): 17-18.
Harvard	Sarvestani HK et al. (2021) 'First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis', Journal of Wound Care, 30(), pp. 17-18.
Vancouver	Sarvestani HK, Ghazvini RD, Hashemi SJ, Rezaie S, Mahmoudi S, Shoar MG, et al.. First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis. Journal of Wound Care. 2021;30():17-18.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Sarvestani HK and Ghazvini RD and Hashemi SJ and Rezaie S and Mahmoudi S and Shoar MG and Elahi M and Izadi A and Getso MI and Rafat Z and Tajdini A and Hedayati MT}, title = {First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis}, journal = {Journal of Wound Care}, volume = {30}, number = {}, pages = {17-18}, year = {2021} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Sarvestani HK AU - Ghazvini RD AU - Hashemi SJ AU - Rezaie S AU - Mahmoudi S AU - Shoar MG AU - Elahi M AU - Izadi A AU - Getso MI AU - Rafat Z AU - Tajdini A AU - Hedayati MT TI - First Molecular Report of Causative Agent of Otomycosis Due to Aspergillus Luchuensis JO - Journal of Wound Care VL - 30 IS - SP - 17 EP - 18 PY - 2021 ER -

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