Chromoblastomycosis
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Chromoblastomycosis is a specific type of cutaneous infection caused by one of several species of dematiaceous (pigmented) fungi. Symptoms are ulcerating nodules on exposed body parts. Diagnosis is by appearance, histopathology, and culture. Treatment is with itraconazole , another azole, or flucytosine and surgical excision.
(See also Overview of Fungal Infections.)
Chromoblastomycosis is a cutaneous infection affecting normal, immunocompetent people mostly in tropical or subtropical areas; it is characterized by formation of papillomatous nodules that tend to ulcerate.
Chromoblastomycosis is caused by dark brown or black fungi that produce sclerotic bodies in tissue. -
a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin
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Long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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Scaly papule or warty growth, caused by five fungi, that spreads as a result of satellite lesions affecting the foot or leg. The extremity may become swollen and, at its distal portion, covered with various nodular, tumorous, verrucous lesions that resemble cauliflower. In rare instances, the disease may begin on the hand or wrist and involve the entire upper extremity. (Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrews Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p362)
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