Abstract: In 1974, Ajello and coworkers1 created the term phaeohyphomycosis (phaeo, brown; hypho, hyphal) to encompass a group of fungal infections distinct from chromoblastomycosis. Historically, phaeohyphomycosis has been referred as chromomycosis (in part), cerebral chromomycosis, cladosporiosis, phaeomycotic cyst, phaeosporotrichosis, and subcutaneous phaeomycotic cyst. McGinnis and colleagues2,3 have recently refined the concept of phaeohyphomycosis by recognizing several clinically distinct presentations. Phaeohyphomycosis consists of a distinct, heterogeneous, and important group of mycotic infections in which the etiologic agents occur in tissue as either dematiaceous yeastlike cells, pseudohyphaelike elements, septate hyphae, or any combination of these forms.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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