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BACKGROUND: There are three kinds of diseases caused by dematiaceous fungi: chromoblastomycosis, phaeohyphomycosis, and eumycotic mycetoma. The dematiaceous fungi have been identified and classified by morphological, biochemical and physiological tests....
Protothecosis is an infection caused by achloric algae of the genus Prototheca. It is found ubiquitously in nature, particularly in the slime flux of trees and sewage. Only two species...
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic yeast infection caused by Cryptococcosis neoformans. The cutaneous manifestations are usually polymorphic and nonspecific. Lesions may appear as subcutaneous swelling, abscesses, tumor-like masses, papules or large...
Lim SW, Kwon SW, Suh MK, Lee HC, Choi JH, Lee JW, Ha GY
KMID: 2080355
Korean J Med Mycol.
2003 Mar;8(1):21-25.
Although dermatophytes are still the main etiologic agents of onychomycosis, some species of nondermatophytic molds and yeasts are also capable of invading the nails. Fusarium (F.) solani is a nondermatophytic...
BACKGROUND: Majority of people have yeast-like fungi on their oral mucosa. In the case of a neoplastic disease and the use of a prosthesis with obturator, the incidence of fungi...
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by pigmented or dematiaceous fungi that are implanted into the dermis from the external environment. The vast...