Kang RB, Simonson DC, Stoner SE, Hughes SR, Agger WA. The Clinical Presentation of Subcutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis: A Case Series from Yetebon, Ethiopia.
Clin Med Res 2017;
15:88-92. [PMID:
29018005 PMCID:
PMC5849443 DOI:
10.3121/cmr.2017.1377]
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Abstract
Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is a chronic fungal infection usually found on the lower extremity and feet of agricultural workers in the tropics. It can present with various skin manifestations, verrucous to nodular plaques, and is caused by multiple species of fungi. Laboratory confirmation requires skin samples for pathology and fungal cultures. Cure, often difficult in resource-poor countries, requires months of antifungal therapy. We describe the cases of three men from Ethiopia who were seen and are being treated by American doctors who traveled there on a medical mission.
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