Fusarium proliferatum

{{Short description|Species of fungus}}

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| genus = Fusarium

| species = proliferatum

| authority = (Matsush.) Nirenberg ex Gerlach & Nirenberg (1982)(Matsush.) Nirenberg ex Gerlach & Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 38 (1982)

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - GSD Species |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=509381 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=15 August 2023}}

| synonyms = *Cephalosporium proliferatum Matsush. (1971), Microfungi of the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea (Osaka): 11 (1971)

• Fusarium proliferatum {{Au|(Matsush.) Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 38 (1976)}}
• Fusarium proliferatum var. minus {{au|Nirenberg, Mitt. biol. BundAnst. Ld- u. Forstw. 169: 43 (1976)}}

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Fusarium proliferatum is a fungal plant pathogen infecting crops and also can affect humans as well.{{cite journal |last1=Sun |first1=Shengtao |last2=Lui |first2=Qixue |last3=Han |first3=Lei |last4=Ma |first4=Qiufei |last5=He |first5=Siyu |last6=Li |first6=Xiaohua |last7=Zhang |first7=Hongmin |last8=Zhang |first8=Junjie |last9=Liu |first9=Xiaohui |last10=Wang |first10=Liya |title=Identification and Characterization of Fusarium proliferatum, a New Species of Fungi that Cause Fungal Keratitis |journal=Scientific Reports |date=2018 |volume= 8|issue= |page= 4859|doi=10.1038/s41598-018-23255-z |bibcode=2018NatSR...8.4859S |pmc=5861105 }}

It has a worldwide distribution and has been associated with a variety of diseases in important economical crop plants, such as corn and bananas.{{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=L. |last2=Wang |first2=J. |last3=Zhang |first3=C. |last4=Wang |first4=Q. |title=Analysis of potential fumonisin-producing Fusarium species in corn products from three main maize-producing areas in eastern China. |journal=J. Sci. Food Agric. |date=2013 |volume=93 |issue=3 |pages=693–701|doi=10.1002/jsfa.5794 |pmid=22821375 |bibcode=2013JSFA...93..693Z }}{{cite journal |last1=Zakaria |first1=L. |last2=Jamil |first2=M.I. |last3=Anuar |first3=I. S. |title=Molecular Characterisation of Endophytic Fungi from Roots of Wild Banana (Musa acuminata). |journal=Trop. Life Sci Res |date=2016 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=153–162|pmid=27019688 |pmc=4807960 }}

It can cause a disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients,{{cite journal |last1=Summerbell |first1=R.C. |last2=Richardson |first2=S.E. |last3=Kane |first3=J. |title=Fusarium proliferatum as an agent of disseminated infection in an immunosuppressed patient. |journal=J. Clin. Microbiol. |date=1988 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=82–87|doi=10.1128/jcm.26.1.82-87.1988 |pmid=3422646 |pmc=266194 }}{{cite journal |last1=Barrios |first1=N. J. |last2=Kirkpatrick |first2=D.V. |last3=Murciano |first3=A. |title=Successful treatment of disseminated Fusarium infection in an immunocompromised child. |journal=Am. J. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. |date=1990 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=319–324|doi=10.1097/00043426-199023000-00013 |pmid=2240479 }}{{cite journal |last1=Herbrecht |first1=Raoul |last2=Kessler |first2=Romain |last3=Kravanja |first3=Christine |last4=Meyer |first4=Marie-Hélène |last5=Waller |first5=Jocelyn |last6=Letscher-Bru |first6=Valérie |title=Successful treatment of Fusarium proliferatum pneumonia with posaconazole in a lung transplant recipient. |journal=J. Heart Lung Transplant. |date=2004 |volume=23 |issue=12 |pages=1451–1454 |doi=10.1016/j.healun.2003.09.033|pmid=15607679 }}

The fungus can also cause an abscesses within the body where the trauma or damage is caused by a plant, such as Onychomycosis (nail infections).{{cite journal |last1=Hattori |first1=N. |last2=Shirai |first2=A. |last3=Sugiura |first3=Y. |last4=Li |first4=W. |last5=Yokoyama |first5=K. |last6=Misawa |first6=Y. |last7=Okuzumi |first7=K. |last8=Tamaki |first8=K. |title=Onychomycosis caused by Fusarium proliferatum. |journal=British Journal of Dermatology |date=2005 |volume=153 |issue=3 |pages=647–649 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06692.x|pmid=16120158 }}{{cite journal |last1=Palmore |first1=T.N. |last2=Shea |first2=Y.R. |last3=Childs |first3=R.W. |last4=Sherry |first4=R.M. |last5=Walsh |first5=T.J. |title=Fusarium proliferatum soft tissue infection at the site of a puncture by a plant: recovery, isolation, and direct molecular identification. |journal=J. Clin. Microbiol. |date=2010 |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=338–342|doi=10.1128/JCM.01525-09 |pmid=19923491 |pmc=2812298 }} The fungus was discovered in 2003 as an agent that can cause Fusarium keratitis when found within a contact lens preservation solution.{{cite journal |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Kerry |last2=Sarver |first2=Brice A. J. |last3=Brandt |first3=Mary |last4=Chang |first4=Douglas C. |last5=Noble-Wang |first5=Judith |last6=Park |first6=Benjamin J. |last7=Sutton |first7=Deanna A. |last8=Benjamin |first8=Lynette |last9=Lindsley |first9=Mark |last10=Padhye |first10=Arvind |last11=Geiser |first11=David M. |last12=Ward |first12=Todd J. |title=Phylogenetic diversity and microsphere array-based Genotyping of human pathogenic Fusaria, including isolates from the multistate contact lens-associated U.S. keratitis outbreaks of 2005 and 2006. |journal=J. Clin. Microbiol. |date=2007 |volume=45 |issue=7 |pages=2235–2248 |doi=10.1128/jcm.00533-07|doi-access=free |pmid=17507522 |pmc=1933018 }}