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Chrysosporium sp.
ALLERGENICITY
Allergenic (438)
MYCOTOXINS PRODUCED
Antibiotic : TMC-69 (445)
PATHOGENICITY IN HUMANS
Rare cases of onychomycosis (1), skin infections (1,2) , invasive (439,440), systemic infection (1,441), osteomyelitis (442) endocarditis (443) in immunocompromised, able to perforate human hair (444)
IDENTIFICATION CHARACTERISTICS on POTATO DEXTROSE AGAR (PDA)
White to pale yellow, reverse pale, powdery to woolly, slow to moderate growth rate, conidia terminal or lateral, subspherical, clavate, pyriform, one-celled, occasional two-celled. Intercalary conidia may be present, chlamydospores occasionally present (1,2).
FUNGI LIST
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