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Chromoblastomycosis

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic implantation of a specific group of dematiaceous or brown pigmented fungi (usually Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium carrionii, or Fonsecaea compacta) through the skin.

Chromoblastomycosis was first described in 1914 by Max Rudolph, a German physician living in Brazil. Rudolph was able to isolate a dark-colored fungus from patients; this fungus grew in culture as a dark gray-to-black–colored furlike colony. Chromoblastomycosis is known to be ubiquitous; however prevalence is higher in bare footed populations living in tropical regions, such as Madagascar in Africa and Brazil in South America.
The infection usually results from a traumatic cutaneous injury that is often not remembered or realized by the patient. The sites most commonly affected are the lower extremities, especially the feet. The hands, the arms, and the......

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