Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson has been ruled out of the upcoming World Twenty20 due to a toe infection.

The 32-year-old suffered the problem during his country's recent Test series win in South Africa.

Doug Bollinger has been called up as a replacement for Johnson.

"Mitchell had a cut on his right big toe after the third Test against South Africa which became infected when he returned home," Cricket Australia chief medical officer Justin Paoloni is quoted as saying by BBC Sport.

"We have given him as long as we can but unfortunately his infection hasn't responded to the treatment as quickly as we had hoped with swelling remaining in his toe and foot."

Australia get their World T20 campaign underway against Pakistan in Mirpur on March 23.