title: Emerging agents of phaeohyphomycosis: pathogenic species of Bipolaris and Exserohilum.
abstract: Study of numerous living isolates of Bipolaris, Drechslera, Exserohilum, and Helminthosporium spp., as well as a mycological assessment of published case reports of phaeohyphomycosis attributed to these fungi, showed that Bipolaris australiensis, B. hawaiiensis, B. spicifera, Exserohilum longirostratum, E. mcginnisii, and E. rostratum are well-documented pathogens. Conidial shape, septation, and size, hilar characteristics, the origin of the germ tube from the basal cell and, to a lesser extent, from other conidial cells, and the sequence and location of the conidial septa are useful criteria for distinguishing these taxa.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009626:Terminology as Topic