Microbiology
A mold, over 150 species.
Epidemiologic Risks
The mold is ubiquitous, especially in rotting organic material.
Syndromes
Invasive disease in the neutropenic, especially leukemic.
Mycetoma.
Infection in areas after penetrating injuries.
"The most common anatomic sites for Acremonium isolates were the respiratory tract (41.3%), nails (10.7%), and the eye (9.3%) ."
Treatment
Terbinafine, posaconazole, and voriconazole have the best MICs and in that order (PubMed). Probably not amphotericin.
Notes
The source of cephalosporin antibiotics, it used to be called Cephalosporium.
Why that name? See Naming names: The etymology of fungal entomopathogens
Last update: 12/07/19