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hyalohyphomycosis

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hyalohyphomycosis /hy·a·lo·hy·pho·my·co·sis/ (hi?ah-lo-hi?fo-mi-ko´sis) any opportunistic type of hyphomycosis caused by mycelial fungi with colorless walls.
hy·a·lo·hy·pho·my·co·sis (h-l-hf-m-kss)
n.
An infection caused by a fungus having colorless mycelium that usually occurs as a result of indwelling catheters, steroid therapy, immunosuppressive drugs or cytotoxins, or the body's decreased resistance to postsurgical infection.

hyalohyphomycosis
includes the several types of opportunist infections caused by nonpigmented fungi. See paecilomycosis, pseudallescheriosis, geotrichum, aspergillosis, penicilliosis.

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Pathology of hyalohyphomycosis caused by Scedosporium apiospermum (Pseudallescheria boydii): An emerging mycosis.
Cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus in an immunocompetent host successfully treated with itraconazole: case report and review.
 
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