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Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

International Journal of Dermatology, 2017
AbstractBackgroundPhaeohyphomycosis is an infrequent infection in human beings. However, in recent years, its prevalence has augmented in immunosuppressed patients (mostly in solid organ transplanted patients). Infection can be mucocutaneous or disseminated. In the former, the fungus inoculation occurs mainly through traumatism.
Mariana P, Caviedes, Ana C, Torre, Maite Lisa, Eliceche, Denise C, Valdivia Monteros, Victoria I, Volonteri, Ricardo L, Galimberti   +5 more
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Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis: The 'Dark Side' of fungal infections.

Clinical neurology and neurosurgery (Dutch-Flemish ed. Print), 2022
PURPOSE Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a rare and fatal fungal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by dematiaceous fungi. The aim of this study was to analyse the clinico- radiological presentation, pathology and outcome of cerebral ...
Archit Latawa, I. Panda, Harsimran Kaur, A. Aggarwal, B. D. Radotra, K. Gupta, P. Salunke   +6 more
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Empiric antifungal therapy in patients with cutaneous and subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

Journal of dermatology (Print), 2022
We encountered two cases of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei and E. oligosperma that were treated with fosravuconazole and terbinafine, respectively.
H. Noguchi, Tadahiko Matsumoto, Utako Kimura, M. Hiruma, R. Kano, T. Yaguchi, M. Kubo, K. Kashiwada-Nakamura, S. Fukushima   +8 more
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Phaeohyphomycosis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2006
Phaeohyphomycosis is an uncommon infection, but has become increasingly recognized in a wide variety of clinical syndromes. Many species are associated with human infection, though a few are responsible for most cases. Because these are typically soil organisms and common laboratory contaminants, they are often disregarded from clinical specimens as ...
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Concurrent chromoblastomycosis and subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis by different pathogens in a renal transplant recipient.

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
Chromoblastomycosis and subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis are implantation mycoses caused by melanized fungi. We present a unique case of concurrent chromoblastomycosis by Fonsecaea monophora and phaeohyphomycosis by Medicopsis romeroi presenting as ...
H. Kaur, Karthick Kumar, H. Ahmad, Ashish Sharma, Nalini Gupta, Charvi Gupta, Tarun Narang, Jasmine Sethi, Sourav Agnihotri, Radhika Srinivasan, S. Rudramurthy   +10 more
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Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Neoscytalidiumdimidiatum in a COVID-19 patient.

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia, 2022
BACKGROUND Neoscytalidiumdimidiatum is an opportunistic dematiaceous fungus belonging to the class Dothideomycetes. CASE REPORT We report a case of N. dimidiatum cerebral phaeohyphomycosis post COVID-19 infection in a 32-year-old male from Iran.
S. Dolatabadi, Sara Nasirharandi, M. Pourahmad, K. Ahmadikia, M. Mokhtari, M. Najafzadeh, R. Mohammadi   +6 more
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Reappraising Cladophialophora bantiana phaeohyphomycosis in France: retrospective nation-based study.

The Lancet Microbe
BACKGROUND Cladophialophora bantiana is one of the most virulent phaeohyphomycetes, typically causes non-angiogenic single (or sometimes multiple) cystic brain lesions, and has resulted in a mortality rate of up to 70%.
O. Lortholary, D. Garcia-Hermoso, Aude Sturny-Leclère, K. Sitbon, C. Nourrisson, Valérie Letscher-Bru, N. Desbois-Nogard, Ferouze Bani-Sadr, F. Bastides, B. Bienvenu, C. Cordier, A. Coste, F. Danion, Tristan Dégot, David Delarbre, Arnault Fekkar, Christophe Garcie, C. Garrouste, M. Gits-Muselli, Emilie Guemas, Antoine Huguenin, F. Janvier, N. Kamar, C. Kervinio, S. Le Gal, Olivier Lesens, Marie Machouart, F. Persat, Sandrine Picot, A. Rouzé, S. Ranque, Yvon Ruch, M. Saada, S. Stabler, Alexandre Alanio, Fanny Lanternier, G. Desoubeaux   +36 more
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Pediatric Phaeohyphomycosis: A 44-Year Systematic Review of Reported Cases.

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2022
OBJECTIVE Phaeohyphomycosis is an infection caused by pigmented fungi, which can be life-threatening in immunocompromised hosts and in disseminated disease. In adults with disseminated disease mortality is as high as 79%. Data in children is derived from
J. I. Castillo Bejarano, Abiel Mascareñas de los Santos, Daniela Cisneros Saldaña, Miguel Zambrano Lucio, Samantha Pérez Cavazos, Fernando Espinosa Villaseñor, M. E. de la O Cavazos, D. N. Vaquera Aparicio   +7 more
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PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS

Dermatologic Clinics, 1996
Mycoses caused by dematiaceous (darkly pigmented) fungi are escalating in contemporary medicine. Such fungal infections are properly termed phaeohyphomycosis and are of increasing concern to dermatologists. A high index of suspicion, knowledge of clinical and laboratory presentations, enhanced mycologic attention, and an awareness of current ...
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Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Phialophora americana in a dog.

Veterinary dermatology (Print), 2022
Phaeohyphomycosis was diagnosed in a 6-year-old, male castrated Dachshund on immunosuppressive treatment. The fungus was identified by culture and PCR as Phialophora americana. This is the first reported case of infection with this pathogen in a dog. The
F. Martini, F. Seehusen, C. Krudewig, K. Beckmann, C. Favrot, N. Fischer, E. Guenova, A. Rostaher   +7 more
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