disease_location_freshwater
water
saprobe; opportunistic pathogen; reported as agent of white-grain mycetoma; associated with arthritis, sinusitis, otitis, cutaneous infections, keratitis, ophthalmic infections; can cause disseminated infection with marked predilection for the central nervous system; endocarditis may occur; causes allergic reactions, sinusitis, pneumonia in the respiratory tract; frequently encountered subclinically in lungs of cystic fibrosis patients; without treatment systemic mycosis mostly leads to death; HIV-associated cases are rare; cases reported after severe trauma (traffic accidents) or aspiration of polluted water (near-drowning); animal cases have been described
Allescheria boydii
Scedosporium boydii