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Study of tissue inflammatory response in different mice strains infected by dematiaceous fungi Fonsecaea pedrosoi

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (1), 2019
Abstract: Background: Diseases caused by melanized fungi include mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis. This broad clinical spectrum depends on the dynamic interactions between etiologic agent and host. The immune status of the host influences on the development of the disease, as, an exem...

Chromoblastomycosis in the amazon region, BRazil, caused by fonsecaea pedrosoi, fonsecaea nubica, and Rhinocladiella similis: clinicopathology, susceptibility, and molecular identification

Medical Mycology; 0 (), 2019
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous disease caused by human contact with melanized fungioccurring mainly in tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. This study assessed 12 patients with chro-moblastomycosis from Rondˆonia, Brazil, Amazon region. In sum, 83.3% were men, 41.6% were from MonteNe...

Chromoblastomycosis: an etiological, epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, and treatment update

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (4), 2018
Abstract: Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic, granulomatous, suppurative mycosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic inoculation of dematiaceous fungi of the family Herpotrichiellaceae. The species Fonsecaea pedrosoi and Cladophialophora carrionii are prevalent in regions where the dise...

Chromoblastomycosis due to Cladosporium langeronii. Molecular diagnosis of an agent previously diagnosed as Fonsecaea pedrosoi

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (3), 2018

PLECT: enfermedades tropicales de manifestación verrucosa

Rev. chil. dermatol; 34 (3), 2018
Cada día es más habitual ver en nuestra consulta médica enfermedades dermatológicas endémicas de zonas tropicales, gracias a los flujos migratorios recientes y aumento del turismo hacia el extranjero. Presentamos un acrónimo muy utilizado en Brasil, PLECT, que reúne a enfermedades infecciosas que ...

Chromoblastomycosis: tissue modifications during itraconazole treatment

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (4), 2017
Abstract: Background: Histological and mycological changes during itraconazole use have not been totally established in chromoblastomycosis. Objectives: To evaluate tissue modifications in chromoblastomycosis carriers under itraconazole treatment. Methods: A histological retrospective study of 20 case...

Cromoblastomicosis: características clínicas y microbiológicas de una enfermedad desatendida

Rev. chil. infectol; 34 (4), 2017
Resumen La cromoblastomicosis es una enfermedad fúngica desatendida de curso crónico, que infecta por inoculación al tejido subcutáneo de personas con riesgo ocupacional. Comunicamos dos casos de adultos procedentes de regiones tropicales del norte del Perú, afectados con lesiones crónicas eritemat...

Chromomycosis, an unusual cause of cicatricial ectropion: a case report

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 80 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT Chromomycosis is a fungal infection that affects the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue and is caused by dematiaceous fungal species that turn black on staining. We report the case of a 50-year-old male patient who was a rural worker and had been treated without success for three decades...