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P. boydii – Deadly fungus lacking antimycotic treatment
heria boydii Pseudallescheria boydii is a species of fungus classified in the Ascomycota.[2] It is associated with some forms of eumycetoma/maduromycosis[3] and is the causative agent of pseudallescheriasis. Typically found in stagnant and polluted water, it has been implicated in the infection of immunocompromised and near-drowned pneumonia patients.
[11] While "fungus balls" can also form in other organs, they are commonly derived from host necrotic tissue resulting from nodular infarction and thrombosis of lung vessels following infection. Culture detection is accomplished by rinsing "grains" in 70% ethanol and sterile saline solution to avoid bacterial contamination prior to inoculation on growth medium. In 2007, Thai singer Apichet Kittikorncharoen died due to a brain infection caused by this mold which developed after a 2003 car accident in which he fell in a canal in Bangkok, Thailand.
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