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SUBMITTER: Kim DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3162270 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of dermatology 20110806 3
We report herein a case of chromoblastomycosis caused by Fonsecaea (F.) pedrosoi in a 39-year-old male, who showed multiple, asymptomatic, scaly erythematous plaques on the left shin for 12 months. Histopathologically, chronic granulomatous inflammation and either sclerotic or muriform cells were observed. The fungal culture produced typical black colonies of F. pedrosoi. The DNA sequence of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the clinical sample was 100% match to that of F. pedrosoi ...[more]