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.
hyalohyphomycosis
hy·a·lo·hy·pho·my·co·sis (h   -l -hf-m-k s s)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
[hi′älohi′fomiko′sis]
a hyphomycosis caused by mycelial fungi with colorless walls, most of which are opportunistic. It usually occurs as a result of steroid therapy, indwelling catheters, immunosuppressive drugs, or cytotoxins.
hyalohyphomycosis
includes the several types of opportunist infections caused by nonpigmented fungi. See paecilomycosis, pseudallescheriosis, geotrichum, aspergillosis, penicilliosis.
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