Korean J Med Mycol.
2000 Sep;5(3):101-107.
Opportunistic Subcutaneous Fungal Infections, 1960-1999
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- The reports on the subcutaneous infection cases by the opportunistic fungi, reported in Korean Journal of Dermatology, Annals of Dermatology and Korean Journal of Medical Mycology from 1960 to 1999, were summarized. The opportunistic subcutaneous fungal diseases were cryptococcosis, aspergillosis, mucormycosis, pheohypomycosis, pseudallescheriasis, chromomycosis, paecilomycosis, fusariosis, sporotrichosis. Only two cases were the systemic infection with cutaneous manifestations and the others were the primary cutaneous infection. Besides sporotrichosis, all the fungal diseases began to be reported since 1980's. The total number of the cases was insidiously increased.
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