Curvularia, Exophiala, Scedosporium, Sporothrix, and other melanized fungi

TY - CHAP

T1 - Curvularia, Exophiala, Scedosporium, Sporothrix, and other melanized fungi

AU - de Hoog, S.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - The taxonomy of the melanized fungi and the most relevant epidemiological and clinical aspects, and the laboratory procedures for the diagnosis of infections caused by these agents, are discussed in this chapter. This chapter covers most of the agents of phaeohyphomycosis, chromoblastomycosis, and sporotrichosis, as well as a number of agents of superficial and cutaneous disease. The genera discussed in this chapter belong to the ascomycetous orders Botryosphaeriales (Lasiodiplodia and Neoscytalidium), Chaetothyriales (Cladophialophora, Exophiala, Fonsecaea, Knufia, Phialophora, Rhinocladiella, and Veronaea), Calosphaeriales (Pleurostomophora), Diaporthales (Phaeoacremonium), Dothideales (Aureobasidium and Hormonema), Microascales (Scedosporium), Ophiostomatales (Sporothrix), Pleosporales (Alternaria, Curvularia, and Exserohilum), and Venturiales (Ochroconis). The most recent data on the in vitro and in vivo experimental antifungal susceptibility of melanized fungi to the available antifungal drugs are also provided.

AB - The taxonomy of the melanized fungi and the most relevant epidemiological and clinical aspects, and the laboratory procedures for the diagnosis of infections caused by these agents, are discussed in this chapter. This chapter covers most of the agents of phaeohyphomycosis, chromoblastomycosis, and sporotrichosis, as well as a number of agents of superficial and cutaneous disease. The genera discussed in this chapter belong to the ascomycetous orders Botryosphaeriales (Lasiodiplodia and Neoscytalidium), Chaetothyriales (Cladophialophora, Exophiala, Fonsecaea, Knufia, Phialophora, Rhinocladiella, and Veronaea), Calosphaeriales (Pleurostomophora), Diaporthales (Phaeoacremonium), Dothideales (Aureobasidium and Hormonema), Microascales (Scedosporium), Ophiostomatales (Sporothrix), Pleosporales (Alternaria, Curvularia, and Exserohilum), and Venturiales (Ochroconis). The most recent data on the in vitro and in vivo experimental antifungal susceptibility of melanized fungi to the available antifungal drugs are also provided.

U2 - 10.1128/9781555817381.ch124

DO - 10.1128/9781555817381.ch124

M3 - Chapter

SP - 2153

EP - 2172

BT - Curvularia, Exophiala, Scedosporium, Sporothrix, and other melanized fungi

ER -