Abstract

The dematiaceous fungi, characterized by having melanin in their cell walls, have become significant due to an increasing cause of human skin disease in Korea. Chromoblastomycosis is subcutaneous mycotic disease that contains sclerotic cells or muriform cells and histologically show pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia with microabscess, and phaeohyphomycosis is a group of mycotic infections that contain dematiaceous yeast-like cells, pseudohypae-like elements, hyphae or combination of these form in tissue. Ten Korean cases of subcutaneous chromoblastomycosis have been reported to date, four males and five females, ranging in age from 37~68 (mean 53.8 years). Causative organisms of subcutaneous chromoblastomycosis were eight of Fonsecaea pedrosoi and one of Phialophora verrucosa. Nine cases of erythematous or verrucous plaque and one case of ulcer were present skin lesion, and most of exposed areas of the body except one case. Patients were treated with itraconazole, terbinafine, 5-flucytocine or amphotericin B.

Keywords

Chromoblastomycosis Korea

KJMM 2010 September;15(3):111-115(5). Epub 2016 February 18
Copyright © 2010 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Moo Kyu Suh; Department of Dermatology College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Corresponding

Moo Kyu Suh, Department of Dermatology College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea. Tel: (054) 770-8268, Fax: (054) 773-1581, e-mail: mksuhmd@hanmail.net

Publication history

Received 3 June 2010; Revised 28 August 2010; Accepted 30 August 2010.

Acknowledgements

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Moo Kyu Suh

Department of Dermatology College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 18