Managing building-related Aspergillus exposure

Abstract

CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS, Oct. 2010, p. 884–928 Vol. 23, No. 4 0893-8512/10/$12.00 doi:10.1128/CMR.00019-10 Copyright © 2010, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Melanized Fungi in Human Disease Sanjay G. Revankar1* and Deanna A. Sutton2 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan,1 and Fungus Testing Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas2 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................................885 ECOLOGY...................................................................................................................................................................886 CLASSIFICATION, TAXONOMY, AND NOMENCLATURE.............................................................................886 IDENTIFICATION OF ETIOLOGIC AGENTS.....................................................................................................887 Phenotypic Identification.......................................................................................................................................890 Macroscopic morphology ...................................................................................................................................890 Microscopic morphology and pleomorphism..................................................................................................890 Physiologic features............................................................................................................................................892 Molecular Characterization...................................................................................................................................892 ANAMORPHIC HYPHOMYCETE GENERA ........................................................................................................893 Capnodiales...