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Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical
On-line version ISSN 1561-3054
Abstract
DE BONA, Elidiana; CANTON, Luciane Maria and MENEGHELLO FUENTEFRIA, Alexandre. Chromoblastomycosis in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 2010, vol.62, n.3, pp. 254-256. ISSN 1561-3054.
A case of chromoblastomycosis caused by Cladophialophora carrionii is reported. The diabetic and hypertensive patient presented serpiginous and verrucous lesions, with centrifugal evolution. The patient, with a history of disease for 59 years, had not been diagnosed or treated before. Dematiaceous septate hyphal and elliptical conidia were seen on microscopic observations. The isolated fungus was identified on the basis of micro-macromorphologic characteristics.
Keywords : chromoblastomycosis; Cladophialophora carrionii; dematiaceous fungi.