Infectious Disease Compendium

Acremonium

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