Phialophora as defined by its type species P. verrucosa is a genus of Chaetothyriales, and a member of the group known as 'black yeasts and relatives'. Phialophora verrucosa has been reported from mutilating human infections such as chromoblastomycosis, disseminated phaeohyphomycosis and mycetoma, while morphologically similar fungi are rather commonly isolated from the environment. Phenotypes ...

phaeohyphomycosis is an amalgam of clinical diseases caused by a wide variety of dematiaceous fungi. we are reporting on a 16 year-old patient from amol with subcutaneous cervical nodes and nasopharyngeal lesions of phaeohypho mycosis that were confirmed by pathological examination, direct smear, and culture. after treatment with an oral triazole (itraconazole) for 4 months, all nodes and lesio...

The most common pathogenic germs of mycotic endophthalmitis are Candida, Fusarium and Aspergillus fumigatus. As a dematiaceous fungus, Phialophora verrucosa (Medlar, 1915) has not been reported to cause endophthalmitis. Herein, we report a case of endophthalmitis induced by P. verrucosa and Streptococcus intermedius.

In this study, we evaluated the in vitro activity of anidulafungin against selected mold isolates. Anidulafungin showed promising activity against Bipolaris spicifera, Exophiala jeanselmei, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Madurella mycetomatis, Penicillium marneffei, Phialophora verrucosa, Pseudallescheria boydii, Sporothrix schenckii, and Wangiella dermatitidis.

The nucleotide sequences of the D1/D2 domains of large subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA for 76 strains of 46 species of pathogenic dematiaceous fungi and related taxa were determined. Intra-species sequence diversity of medically important dematiaceous fungi including Phialophora verrucosa, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Fonsecaea compacta, Cladophialophora carrionii, Cladophialophora bantiana, Exophiala derma...

Sir, Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous infection due to a group of dematiaceous fungi including Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Cladophialophora carrionii, Phialophora verrucosa, F. compacta and Rhinocladiella aquaspersa (1). This infection occurs in tropical and subtropical regions and results from traumatic implantation of material contaminated by the fungus (1, 2). We report he...