Acremonium strictum is a plant, animal, and human pathogen

Pathogen

A pathogen gignomai "I give birth to") or infectious agent — colloquially, a germ — is a microbe or microorganism such as a virus, bacterium, prion, or fungus that causes disease in its animal or plant host...

. The genus Acremonium

Acremonium

Acremonium is a genus of Fungi in the Hypocreaceae family; it was previously known as "Cephalosporium".-Description:Acremonium species are usually slow growing and are initially compact and moist. Acremonium hyphae are fine and hyaline and produce mostly simple phialides. Their conidia are usually...

 contains around 100 species, most of which are saprophytic, being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma

Eumycetoma

Eumycetoma is a chronic, specific, granulomatous, fungal disease. It mainly affects the foot; and Mycetoma pedis is also known as Madura foot. This infection is endemic in Africa, India, and Central and South America.-Causes and presentation:...

, onychomycosis

Onychomycosis

Onychomycosis means fungal infection of the nail. It is the most common disease of the nails and constitutes about a half of all nail abnormalities....

, and hyalohyphomycosis

Hyalohyphomycosis

Hyalohyphomycosis is a group of opportunistic mycotic infections caused by nondematiaceous molds, and may be contrasted with phaeohyphomycosis.A hyalohyphomycetes example is Fusarium....

. Clinical manifestations of hyalohyphomycosis caused by Acremonium; include arthritis

Arthritis

Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints....

, osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis simply means an infection of the bone or bone marrow...

, peritonitis

Peritonitis

Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the serous membrane that lines part of the abdominal cavity and viscera. Peritonitis may be localised or generalised, and may result from infection or from a non-infectious process.-Abdominal pain and tenderness:The main manifestations of...

, endocarditis

Endocarditis

Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. It usually involves the heart valves . Other structures that may be involved include the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae, the mural endocardium, or even on intracardiac devices...

, pneumonia

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

, cerebritis

Cerebritis

Cerebritis is an infection of the brain that normally leads to the formation of an abscess within the brain itself.Cerebritis is an inflammation of the cerebrum, a structure within the brain which performs a number of important functions, including most of the things which people associate with...

and soft tissue infection.