phaeohyphomycosis /phaeo·hy·pho·my·co·sis/ (fe″o-hi″fo-mi-ko´sis) any opportunistic infection caused by dematiaceous fungi.
phaeohyphomycosis
phaeohyphomycosis [fe″o-hi″fo-mi-ko´- sis]
phaeohyphomycosis
phae·o·hy·pho·my·co·sis (f   -h f-m-k s s)n. Any of a group of superficial and deep infections caused by dematiaceous fungi that form hyphae and yeastlike cells in tissue. |
phaeohyphomycosis
[fē′ōhī′fōmīkō′sis]
an opportunistic fungal infection, other than mycetoma and chromoblastomycosis, caused by the dematiaceous, or darkly pigmented, molds.
phaeohyphomycosis [fe″o-hi″fo-mi-ko´- sis]
a hyphomycosis in which the infecting fungus is dark in color; most are opportunistic infections.
phaeohyphomycosis
opportunistic infections caused by the pigmented (dematiaceous) fungi, including Alternaria, Aureobasidium, Bipolaris, Cladosporium, Curvularia, Drechslera, Exophiala, Exserohilum rostratum, Moniliella and Phialophora, Wangiella spp.
subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis
subcutaneous nodules containing yellow-brown fungal hyphae, and which may ulcerate and produce a sinus tract. May cause mycetoma if the lesions develop to granuloma.
phaeohyphomycosis
Mycology An infection caused by dematiaceous hyphae with yeast forms in tissue. Cf Chromoblastomycosis.
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