Hyalohyphomycosis Caused By Paecilomyces Variotii: Case reports and in vitro sensitivity

The hyalohyphomycosis are a group of diseases caused by filamentous fungi that are present in tissues as hyaline septate hyphae. Paecilomyces species cause various infections which are refered to as paecilomycosis. Here we report 2 cases of systemic mycosis in which Paecilomyces variotii was isolated from peripheral blood sample of 38 year old male and 42 year old female. Patient was diagnosed as infected hepatitis and post operative case of arm amputation and diabetic. The direct microscopic observation of the blood sample revealed many thin septate, branched mycelium. 5-Fluorocytosine was found to be the best effective drug.