Emmonsia parva

Emmonsia parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Eurotiomycetes
Order:
Onygenales
Family:
Ajellomycetaceae
Genus:
Emmonsia
Species:
Emmonsia parva
Synonyms
  • Chrysosporium parvum (C.W. Emmons & Ashburn) J.W. Carmich.
  • Haplosporangium parvum C.W. Emmons & Ashburn
  • Blastomyces parvus (C.W. Emmons & Ashburn) Y.P. Jiang, Sigler & de Hoog

Emmonsia parva (formerly Chrysosporium parvum) is a filamentous, saprotrophic fungus and one of three species within the genus Emmonsia.[1][2] The fungus is most known for its causal association with the lung disease, adiaspiromycosis[3] which occurs most commonly in small mammals but is also seen in humans.[2] The disease was first described from rodents in Arizona,[4] and the first human case was reported in France in 1964.[2] Since then, the disease has been reported from Honduras, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Russia, the United States of America and Guatemala.[2] Infections in general are quite rare, especially in humans.[2]

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