Human pathogenic fungi and mycoses in indoor environments

Abstract

Human dwellings are seldom sources of invasive mycotic disease in healthy persons but may harbour microfungi capable of causing opportunistic infection disease. Proliferation of microfungi in indoor environments may be connected to invasive fungal disease in an immunocompromised patient, especially in the aged person. With the exception of pathogenic yeasts, the most important agents of mycotic infection in Japan are dermatophytes, some Aspergillus species, some species of the Mucoraceae, and phaeohyphomycetes such as Exophiala species. From our recent papers, case reports of fatal Aspergillus and Fusarium infections of hospitalized patients included other outpatient with aspergillosis in the hospital are focused.