CUTANEOUS PHEOHYPHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY ALTERNARIA LONGIPES IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT

Alternaria longipes was reported as the agent of a cutaneous infection in a patient with a neoplastic disease. The fungus has not been repor ted previously as causing disease in humans. It was distinguished by i ts rather small conidia with smooth or slightly verruculose walls and a pale brown beak which rarely extended into a secondary conidiophore. In vitro inhibitory activities of amphotericin B, ketoconazole, itrac onazole, and miconazole were shown.