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Rare Arthroconidial Fungi in Clinical Samples: Scytalidium cuboideum and Arthropsis hispanica

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We report the presence of the two arthroconidial anamorphic fungi, Scytalidium cuboideum and Arthropsis hispanica, in clinical samples from the USA. Both fungi were morphologically and molecularly identified. The antifungal susceptibility of four isolates of A. hispanica and five of S. cuboideum to eight antifungal drugs is provided.

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This study was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, grants CGL 2009-08698/BOS and CGL 2011-27185/BOS.

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  1. Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, IISPV, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201, Reus, Tarragona, Spain

    Alejandra Giraldo, Josepa Gené, Josep Cano & Josep Guarro

  2. Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr., San Antonio, TX, 78229-3900, USA

    Deanna A. Sutton & Annette W. Fothergill

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Giraldo, A., Sutton, D.A., Gené, J. et al. Rare Arthroconidial Fungi in Clinical Samples: Scytalidium cuboideum and Arthropsis hispanica . Mycopathologia 175, 115–121 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-012-9590-3

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