Increased Rates of Purpureocillium lilacinum Mold among Laboratory Culture Results, United States.

ABSTRACT: Purpureocillium lilacinum, a common environmental mold and bionematicide, can cause human infections. At a major US commercial laboratory during March 2019-February 2025, P. lilacinum culture rates increased; rates were highest in the South Atlantic and Pacific states. Nonculture-based diagnostic tools such as microscopy may help identify and confirm clinical infection earlier.

SUBMITTER: Smith DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12483104 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature