Trichosporon and Cutaneotrichosporon spp. 163
TABLE 2.10 Key characteristics of the most common clinically encountered Trichosporon spp. and Cutaneotrichosporon spp. 165
Magnusiomyces capitatus( formerly Blastoschizomyces capitatus) 166 Geotrichum candidum 167
Thermally Dimorphic and / or Endemic Fungi 169 Introduction to Thermally Dimorphic and / or Endemic Fungi 171 Histoplasma capsulatum 172 Emergomyces spp. 175 Blastomyces dermatitidis / gilchristii 177 Coccidioides immitis / posadasii 179 Paracoccidioides brasiliensis 181 Talaromyces marneffei( formerly Penicillium marneffei) 183 Sporothrix schenckii species complex 186 Emmonsia crescens 189
Thermally Monomorphic Moulds 191
Mucormycetes 193 Introduction to Mucormycetes 195
TABLE 2.11 Differential characteristics of similar organisms in the class Mucormycetes 197
TABLE 2.12 Differential characteristics of the clinically encountered Rhizopus spp. 197 Rhizopus spp. 198 Mucor spp. 200 Rhizomucor spp. 201 Lichtheimia corymbifera species complex 202 Apophysomyces elegans species complex 204 Saksenaea vasiformis 206 Cokeromyces recurvatus 207 Cunninghamella bertholletiae 209 Syncephalastrum racemosum 211 Basidiobolus spp. 212 Conidiobolus coronatus 213
Dematiaceous Fungi 215 Introduction to Dematiaceous Fungi 217 Fonsecaea spp. 218 Myrmecridium schulzeri 221
Rhinodadiella mackenziei( formerly Ramichloridium mackenziei) 222 Phialophora verrucosa 223 TABLE 2.13 Characteristics of Phialophora, Pleurostoma( formely Pleurostomophora), Phaeoacremonium, Acremonium and Sarocladium, Phialemonium, and Coniochaeta( formerly Lecythophora) 224
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