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Photodynamic Therapy Combined with Terbinafine Against Chromoblastomycosis and the Effect of PDT on Fonsecaea monophora In Vitro [PDF]

, 2014
Chromoblastomycosis, a chronic fungal infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by dematiaceous fungi, is associated with low cure and high relapse rates. Among all factors affecting clinical outcome, etiological agents have an important position.
Hamblin, Michael R, Hu, Yongxuan, Huang, Xiaowen, Lu, Sha, Mylonakis, Eleftherios, Xi, Liyan, Zhang, Junmin   +6 more
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Hidden under a Cauliflower-Like Skin Tumor: Chromoblastomycosis

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2013
We present the case of an 80-year-old patient with a recurrent hyperpigmented and cauliflower-like skin tumor on the stump of his left index finger. Despite suggestive clinical appearance for chromoblastomycosis the tumor was initially clinically and ...
B. Jakopp, B. Stamm, D. Eyer, A. Conen
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Chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi: an old wine in a rare bottle

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous mycosis commonly caused by Fonsecaea, Phialophora, and Cladophialophora spp. Out of these, Fonsecaea pedrosoi is the most common etiological agent, implicated in 70%–90% of the cases reported worldwide.
Sadia Khan, Anil Kumar, Vivek Vinod, Vivek Prabhakar, Malini Eapen, Jacob Thomas, Kavitha Dinesh, Shamsul Karim   +7 more
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Hidden under a cauliflower-like growth: A case of cutaneous chromoblastomycosis and response to combination therapy

Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, 2017
Chromoblastomycosis is a rare, chronic fungal infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue. It is caused by several pigmented fungi commonly seen in tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan, Khalid Mohammed Al Attas, Mohammed A. Buraik, Ali Mohammed Al-Sheikh, Sultan M. Bajawi   +4 more
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Environmental Screening of Fonsecaea Agents of Chromoblastomycosis Using Rolling Circle Amplification

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, cutaneous or subcutaneous mycosis characterized by the presence of muriform cells in host tissue. Implantation disease is caused by melanized fungi related to black yeasts, which, in humid tropical climates, are mainly ...
Morgana Ferreira Voidaleski, Renata Rodrigues Gomes, Conceição de Maria Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo, Bruna Jacomel Favoreto de Souza Lima, Flávia de Fátima Costa, Amanda Bombassaro, Gheniffer Fornari, Isabelle Cristina Lopes da Silva, Lucas Vicente Andrade, Bruno Paulo Rodrigues Lustosa, Mohammad J. Najafzadeh, G. Sybren de Hoog, Vânia Aparecida Vicente   +12 more
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Chromoblastomycosis presenting with sporotrichoid distribution and bony destruction: A rare presentation

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2023
Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) presenting with linear distribution and with underlying bony destruction is rare. Herein, we report such a presentation in a farmer who presented with ulcerated nodules over the right leg and swelling of the right foot ...
Angoori Gnaneshwar Rao, Naresh Marepally, V SVN Sindhu, Sreeja Vangala, Sindhuja Bujagouni, Pranaya Boppireddy, Shireesha Koolla, Anmisha Bandaru, Srujana Ankam, Bhavita Bade   +9 more
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Histology of non-melanoma skin cancers. An Update [PDF]

, 2017
Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in humans. Several different non-melanoma skin cancers have been reported in the literature, with several histologic variants that frequently cause important differential diagnoses ...
Cantisani, Carmen, Didona, Dario, Donati, Michele, Mercuri, Santo Raffaele, Paolino, Giovanni   +4 more
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Pedroso and Gomes' verrucous Dermatitis (Chromoblastomycosis): 90 years on and still among us [PDF]

, 2010
Os autores relatam o caso clínico de uma doente que procurou atendimento dermatológico em decorrência da presença de lesão em placa papulosa de superfície verrucosa no cotovelo esquerdo.In this report, the authors describe the clinical case of a woman ...
BELDA JUNIOR, Walter, BRANDT, Hebert Roberto Clivati, CRIADO, Paulo Ricardo, HALPERN, Ilana, VALENTE, Neuza Yuriko Sakai   +4 more
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First case of chromoblastomycosis from Bangladesh

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2015
Chromoblastomycosis is a rare and chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous infection caused by black fungi and mostly reported in tropical and subtropical areas. Here we report the first case of chromoblastomycosis from Bangladesh.
Brun Sophie, Zumelzu Coralie, Hoanganh Mai Ba, Levy Annie, Garcia-Hermoso Dea, Laroche Liliane, Izri Arezki   +6 more
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Chromoblastomycosis: A rare fungal infection from a nonendemic region—Southern Odisha

Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2020
Chromoblastomycosis, a slowly progressing localized fungal infection confined to the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by dematiaceous fungi. Dermal lesions are pleomorphic and can range from small nodules to large papillary like eruptions. Herein,
Akash Panigrahi, Sanghamitra Padhi, Indrani Mohanty   +2 more
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