Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by an unusual pathogen: Phoma species.

摘要: Phaeohyphomycosis describes a group of mycotic infections caused by the dematiaceous fungi, which are characterized presence brown pigmented fungal elements in tissue.l, 2 The term phaeohyphomycosis was originally coined Ajello to differentiate various clinical fungi from chromoblastomycosis. 3 can be subdivided site clh~cal involvement as superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, or systemic. 4 classification is complex because increasing number pathogenic species and frequent changes nomenclature. A recent presented McGinnis. 5 We describe subcutaneous infection Phoma 45-year-old immunocompetent host.