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Phaeohyphomycosis in El Salvador Caused by Exophiala Spinifera

Arvind A. Padhye^*, Libero Ajello^*, Francis W. Chandler, Julio E. Banos, Enrique Hernandez-Perez, Jose Llerena AND Leonor M. Linares^||

^* Division of Mycotic Diseases
Division of Host Factors, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Departamento de Dermatologia, Universidad de El Salvador, 95a Avenida Norte 626, San Salvador 11
Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital Rosales, San Salvador
^< Laboratorio Clinico, Hospital General del Instituto Salvadoreno del Seguro Social, 3a C. Pte No. 1232, San Salvador, El Salvador, C.A.

We identified Exophiala spinifera as the causal agent in a case of subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis in El Salvador. Identification was based on the morphology of the fungus in tissue and the microscopic features of the culture obtained from the biopsy material. This case is the first of this type to be documented from Central America.

Accepted for publication November 23, 1982.