A rare case of deep cutaneous fungal infection caused by a Didymellaceae species

Abstract

Didymellaceae is a family of fungal species belonging to the order Pleosporales of coelomycetous fungi. 1 Human infections by coelomycetous fungi are rare and poorly characterized. 1 A 35-year-old Japanese woman was referred from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of our hospital due to erythematous plaques on her nose that had developed within the past month. She had a history of acute lymphoblastic leukemia