Exophiala psychrophila: A new agent of chromoblastomycosis

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous mycosis, is caused by dematiaceous fungi, the most frequently implicated are Fonsecaea, Phialophora, Cladophialophora, Rhinocladiella and Exophiala. We report a woman who was treated before with mycological cure, but she experience a relapse requiring treatment again. Direct microscopic examination and skin biopsy with culture were necessary to identify a Exophiala psychrophila, and for our knowledge this is the first case reported.

• Autores: Garzon, Lina M.; Rueda Jaime, Lili Johana; Celis, Adriana Marcela; Cardenas, Martha; Guevara Suarez, Marcela
• Fecha de publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad El Bosque
• Repositorio: Repositorio U. El Bosque
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/1655
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/1655; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.10.001
• Palabra clave: Enfermedades de la piel; Técnicas de laboratorio clínico; Hongos mitospóricos; Informes de casos; Chromoblastomycosis; Exophiala salmonis-clade; Subcutaneous mycosis
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International