Publications

mycotic granuloma caused by phialophora repens.	this is the first reported infection by the saprophytic fungus, phialophora repens. the infection was a solitary granulomatous nodule in the scalp of a zaïrian man with advanced lepromatous leprosy. the patient was being treated by long-term prednisolone therapy. in tissue sections there were nonpigmented microcolonies composed of irregularly branched septate hyphae. a darkly pigmented fungus was isolated on sabouraud's medium. the mycologic features of the etiologic agent were typical of p. rep ...	1975	1199977
dematiaceous fungal pathogens isolated from nature.	this study was conducted to demonstrate the presence of pathogenic dematiaceous fungi in nature. using hamster and mouse inoculation techniques, 43 isolates of dematiaceous fungi were recovered from 39 samples of woody plant material and soil from the virginia environment. thirteen species were identified and included 4 phialophora spp., 3 cladosporium spp., 2 exophiala spp., sporothrix sp., wangiella dermatitidis, bispora betulina, and scytalidium lignicola. evidence is presented for the first ...	1980	7189579
phialophora repens, an emerging agent of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in humans.	a 63-year-old japanese man had phaeohyphomycosis that occurred as a solitary subcutaneous nodule on the dorsal aspect of his left hand. in the nodule there were foci of mixed granulomatous and suppurative infiltrations circumscribed by thick fibrous tissue reaction. the foci contained short septate hyphae and occasionally small rounded aggregates of irregularly branched septate hyphae, both of which were nonpigmented or rarely weakly pale brown. fungal culture from the nodule was positive for a ...	1989	2715315
dematiaceous fungi are an increasing cause of human disease.	the dematiaceous fungi appear to be an increasing cause of human disease. at the methodist hospital, in houston, texas, five cases of serious disease caused by these fungi occurred between 1987 and 1992. cerebral abscesses with xylohypha bantiana followed treatment for lymphoma. an infection of the lower extremity with exophiala jeanselmei var. castellanii followed cardiac surgery. peritoneal growth of alternaria tenuissima was a complication of peritoneal dialysis. cerebral abscesses with dacty ...	1996	8824969