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Four species ofDrechslera usually soil saprophytes or plant parasites were recognized over the last few years as agents of deep mycoses with subcutaneous, osteolytic, endocardic and pulmonary localizations as well as superficial mycoses of cornea and skin. The key of the potentially pathogenic fungiDrechslera longirostrata (agent of an endocarditis and spondylodiscitis),Drechslera hawaiensis (agent of a pulmonary mycosis)D. rostrata andD. spicifera (agents of several cases of phaeohyphomycoses) is described. The sensitivity of these species to actual systemic antifungal agents (amphotericinB, ketoconazole, itraconazole) is reported.
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Drouhet, E., de Bievre, C. & Wahab, S. Drechslera longirostrata (Subramanian) and otherDrechslera species pathogenic to humans and animals. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 94, 453–463 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053159
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