Sarocladium strictum

Sarocladium strictum (previously called Acremonium strictum or Cephalosporium acremonium) is an environmentally widespread saprotrophic fungi found in soil, plant debris, and rotting mushrooms. Isolates have been collected in North and Central America, Asia, Europe and Egypt. S. strictum is an agent of hyalohyphomycosis (skin, nail and tissue infection) and has been identified as an increasingly frequent human pathogen in immunosuppressed individuals, causing localized, disseminated and invasive infections. Although extremely rare, S. strictum can infect immunocompetent individuals,...