phaeohyphomycosis

phaeohyphomycosis /phaeo·hy·pho·my·co·sis/ (fe?o-hi?fo-mi-ko´sis) any opportunistic infection caused by dematiaceous fungi.

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phae·o·hy·pho·my·co·sis (f-hf-m-kss)

n.

Any of a group of superficial and deep infections caused by dematiaceous fungi that form hyphae and yeastlike cells in tissue.

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phaeohyphomycosis

opportunistic infections caused by the pigmented (dematiaceous) fungi, including Alternaria, Aureobasidium, Bipolaris, Cladosporium, Curvularia, Drechslera, Exophiala, Exserohilum rostratum, Moniliella and Phialophora, Wangiella spp.

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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.