Chromoblastomycosis associated with bone and central nervous involvement system in an immunocompetent child caused by exophiala spinifera
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Chromoblastomycosis caused by Exophiala spinifera.
We report the second case of chromoblastomycosis caused by Exophiala spinifera; this is the first known case in the United States. Examination of biopsied tissue showed thick-walled, internally septated, chestnut brown muriform cells (sclerotic bodies) within multinucleated giant cells present in the dermis that were characteristic of chromoblastomycosis. The individual cells within the murifor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0019-5154
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.182425