| lichtheimia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel lichtheimia spp. associated with rhinocerebral, gastrointestinal, and cutaneous mucormycosis. | three thermotolerant "absidia-like" isolates with unique morphologic characteristics, recovered from nasopharyngeal swab of a liver transplant recipient, gastric biopsy of a renal transplant recipient, and skin biopsy of a man with burn, respectively, were characterized. microscopic examination showed nonseptate hyphae with highly branched sporangiophores. uniquely, most side branches were circinate, and abundant pleomorphic giant cells with fingerlike projections were observed, characteristics ... | 2010 | 20159375 |
| species recognition and clinical relevance of the zygomycetous genus lichtheimia (syn. absidia pro parte, mycocladus). | the zygomycete genus lichtheimia (syn. absidia pro parte, mycocladus) consists of saprotrophic fungi inhabiting soil or dead plant material. lichtheimia corymbifera (syn. absidia corymbifera, mycocladus corymbifer) and lichtheimia ramosa (syn. absidia ramosa, mycocladus ramosus) may cause fulminant infections in patients with impaired immunity. the present study investigated the species boundaries in lichtheimia using genealogical concordance phylogenetic species recognition (by comparison of th ... | 2010 | 20357218 |