Publications

recurrent pseudallescheria boydii sinusitis in acute leukemia.	most episodes of fungal sinusitis in immunocompromised patients are caused by aspergillus species. to treat such infections, surgical debridement and anti-fungal therapy have been recommended; it is also clear however that an adequate neutrophil count is important in controlling such infections. we report a case in which fungal sinusitis was shown to be due to p. boydii and in which the infection recurred over a period of 2 years during episodes of neutropenia in spite of vigorous surgical and m ...	1993	8511522
degradation of hydrocarbons in crude oil by the ascomycete pseudallescheria boydii (microascaceae).	four unique strains of pseudallescheria boydii were isolated from oil-soaked soils in british columbia and alberta and compared to strains from cattle dung and raw sewage. considerable variability in morphology, colony appearance, colony diameter, and temperature tolerance occurred among the strains. they also varied in the sporogenous states produced in culture; all strains had a scedosporium anamorph and either the graphium anamorph or cleistothecial teleomorph. conspecificity of the six isola ...	1998	9606909