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SUBMITTER: Garzon LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6263014 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Garzon Lina M LM Rueda Lili J LJ Celis Adriana Marcela AM Cardenas Martha M Guevara-Suarez Marcela M
Medical mycology case reports 20181025
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous mycosis, is caused by dematiaceous fungi, the most frequently implicated are <i>Fonsecaea, Phialophora, Cladophialophora, Rhinocladiella</i> and <i>Exophiala.</i> We report a woman who was treated before with mycological cure, but she experience a relapse requiring treatment again. Direct microscopic examination and skin biopsy with culture were necessary to identify a Exophiala psychrophila, and for our knowledge this is the first case ...[more]