<unk>  is a diverse group of fungal infections, caused by dematiaceous fungi whose morphologic characteristics in tissue include hyphae, yeast-like cells, or a combination of these. It can be associated an array of melanistic filamentous fungi including Alternaria species, Exophiala jeanselmei, and Rhinocladiella mackenziei. The term<unk> ” was introduced to determine infections caused by dematiaceous (pigmented) filamentous fungi which contain melanin in their cell walls.<unk>  is an uncommon infection, but the number of cases reported has been increasing in recent years. Fungal melanin is thought to be a virulence factor. The outcome of antifungal treatment is poor, and mortality is almost 80%.<unk>  has been attributed to more than 100 species and 60 genera of fungi over the past several decades. The pathogens are considered opportunistic. Almost all cases of widely disseminated infection have occurred in immunosuppressed people.
Phaeohyphomycosis
Chromoblastomycosis
Hyalohyphomycosis
Coccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Conidiobolomycosis
Phycomycosis
Botryomycosis