DESCRIPTIONS OF MEDICAL FUNGI

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Descriptions of Medical Fungi
Curvularia lunata Boedijn
Antifungal Susceptibility: Curvularia lunata (Australian National data); MIC µg/
mL.
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AmB 7 1 3 1 1 1
VORI 7 1 2 3 1
POSA 5 1 3 1
ITRA 7 1 1 3 1 1
Curvularia spicifera (Bainier) Boedijn
Synonymy: Bipolaris spicifera Bainier.
RG-1 organism.
Morphological Description: Colonies appearing glassy with sooty powder of conidia,
or hairy if sporulation is poor. Conidiophores erect, unbranched, septate, up to 250 µm
long and 4-8 µm wide, regularly zig-zagged in the apical part, with flat, dark brown scars
on the edges. Conidia brown, cylindrical with rounded ends, medium brown except for
narrow subhyaline spots at the extremites, 20-40 × 9-14 µm, with 3 distosepta.
Antifungal Susceptibility: C. spicifera (da Cunha et al. 2012a); MIC µg/mL.
Antifungal Range MIC 90
Antifungal Range MIC 90
AmB