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Phaeohyphomycosis and hyalohyphomycosis are artificial categories created to avoid the proliferation of new disease names each time a filamentous septate fungus is implicated in human disease. Phaeohyphomycosis (phaeo, black in Greek; hypho, hyphae) comprises mycotic diseases caused by moulds that form septate hyphae with darkly pigmented cell walls in tissue or culture. Hyalohyphomycosis comprises mycotic diseases caused by moulds whose basic tissue/culture form is in septate hyphae with colorless walls and distinctive hyphal shapes.
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Pacheco, P.P.C., Sutton, D.A., Rinaldi, M.G. (2000). Phaeohyphomycosis and Hyalohyphomycosis. In: Mandell, G.L., Diamond, R.D. (eds) Atlas of Infectious Diseases. Current Medicine Group, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9313-0_15
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