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CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS (DERMATITIS VERRUCOSA): REPORT OP A CASE.
Author(s) -
HELL BRIAN H. R.,
COOK L. G.,
SAXBY C.
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1953.tb01830.x
Subject(s) - chromoblastomycosis , medicine , lesion , dermatology , surgery
SUMMARY A case of chromoblastomycosis, a superficial mycotic disease, is reported as having occurred in the east coast area of the North Island of New Zealand. Chromoblastomycosis affects the male more frequently than the female, usually in the age group thirty to fifty years. This case is that of a male aged seventy years, and as is usual, an exposed part of the body–the arm only– was affected. The duration of the lesion was roughly three years. The clinical and histological appearances of the lesion were in conformity with those reported by Barrack in Queensland. The organism isolated on cultures was of the genus Hormodendrum . The disease has never been reported in New Zealand previously to our knowledge. The fact that it occurred in an Oriental market gardener, domiciled for 47 years, makes it highly probable that the infection was contracted in New Zealand. It is our belief that this disease is present in New Zealand, and that it has not as yet been recognized, since the lesions may well resolve spontaneously or be destroyed by diathermy or surgery without histological examination or culture. There has been no evidence to show that the patient was engaged in work associated with heavily timbered country, although native bush is or has been within a radius of ten miles of the areas cultivated for market gardening in this case. The climatic conditions are essentially those of the temperate zones in latitude 35 to 40 degrees south.