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CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS AND RELATED INFECTIONS NEW CONCEPTS, DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, AND NOMENCLATORIAL IMPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
CARRIÓN ARTURO L.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1975.tb00074.x
Subject(s) - carrion , miami , library science , honor , history , humanities , classics , art , ecology , biology , computer science , environmental science , soil science , operating system
At the present time the importance of dematiaceous fungi as a sotjrce of human pathology is gaining recognition. Chromoblastomycosis is an outstanding example of the infections that may be produced by organisms of this group; it can be produced by any one of the 5 distinct species.* Although its morbidity is not especially high, it is by no means rare, for it occurs universally. Numerous observations recently published have not only enhanced the original concept of the disease, but have also raised important and often confusing questions regarding diagnosis, pathogenesis and nomenclature. It is my purpose in this communication to define the actual clinical status of chromoblastomycosis, to establish its differential diagnosis as compared with other dematiaceous infections and to comment on the question of nomenclature.