First case of chromoblastomycosis from Bangladesh

Chromoblastomycosis is a rare and chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous infection caused by black fungi and mostly reported in tropical and subtropical areas. Here we report the first case of chromoblastomycosis from Bangladesh. Molecular biology permitted to identify Fonsecaea nubica, and the patient...

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Autores principales: Sophie, Brun, Coralie, Zumelzu, Mai Ba, Hoanganh, Annie, Levy, Dea, Garcia-Hermoso, Liliane, Laroche, Arezki, Izri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4573089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26484011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.08.001
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author Sophie, Brun
Coralie, Zumelzu
Mai Ba, Hoanganh
Annie, Levy
Dea, Garcia-Hermoso
Liliane, Laroche
Arezki, Izri
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description Chromoblastomycosis is a rare and chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous infection caused by black fungi and mostly reported in tropical and subtropical areas. Here we report the first case of chromoblastomycosis from Bangladesh. Molecular biology permitted to identify Fonsecaea nubica, and the patient responded well to antifungal treatment alone.
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spelling pubmed-45730892015-10-19 First case of chromoblastomycosis from Bangladesh Sophie, Brun Coralie, Zumelzu Mai Ba, Hoanganh Annie, Levy Dea, Garcia-Hermoso Liliane, Laroche Arezki, Izri Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Chromoblastomycosis is a rare and chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous infection caused by black fungi and mostly reported in tropical and subtropical areas. Here we report the first case of chromoblastomycosis from Bangladesh. Molecular biology permitted to identify Fonsecaea nubica, and the patient responded well to antifungal treatment alone. Elsevier 2015-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4573089/ /pubmed/26484011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2015.08.001 Text en © 2015 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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