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Fonsecaea pedrosoi causing leg abscess
Sheena Krishnan, Rejitha Kurukkanari, Pushpa Kizhakkekarammel, Geetha Raveendran
Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Manjeri, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Sheena Krishnan
USHAS, Thampuran Road, Beypore North (PO), Calicut - 673 015, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jacm.jacm_61_16
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Chromoblastomycosis is a localised fungal infection of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue caused by dematiaceous fungi. Etiological agents are black moulds found growing as saprophytes of woods. Here, we report a case of Fonsecaea pedrosoi causing leg abscess in the 41-year-old male patient. |
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