Definition: A normally saprophytic mitosporic Chaetothyriales fungal genus. Infections in humans include PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; and PERITONITIS.. Exophiala jeanselmei (previously Phialophora jeanselmei) is an etiological agent of MYCETOMA.
infection: in general coordinate IM with PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS (IM) but consider also CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; infection caused by Exophiala jeanselmei: consider MYETOMA