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Eukaryota > Fungi > Mitosporic Fungi > Exophiala
Eukaryota > Fungi > Ascomycota > Exophiala

Preferred term

Exophiala  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Wangiella

Note

  • infection: in general coordinate with PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS but consider also CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; infection caused by Exophiala jeanselmei: consider MYCETOMA

Scope note

  • A normally saprophytic mitosporic Chaetothyriales fungal genus. Infections in humans include PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; and PERITONITIS. Exophiala jeanselmei (previously Phialophora jeanselmei) is an etiological agent of MYCETOMA.

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  • 91(86)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005093

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