Preferred Name

chromomycosis

Synonyms

chromoblastomycosis

mossy foot disease

Chromomycosis

chromomycosis

dermatitis Verrucosa

Chromomycoses

Chromoblastomycoses

Definitions

Editor note: check cutaneous vs subcutaneous Chromomycosis is a chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous fungal infection, found mainly in subtropical and tropical areas (in soil and plant debris and transmitted by traumatic inoculation), and characterized clinically by slow growing, verrucous nodules, squamous plaques, or chronic limited lesions which are most commonly found on the lower limbs and which are characterized histologically by the presence of muriform cells. It is caused by dematiaceous fungi, with the main etiological agents being Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa and Cladophialophora carrionii. Rarely, it can be caused by Rhinocladiella aquaspersa.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0015908

comment

Editor note: check cutaneous vs subcutaneous

has characteristic

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0021136

has_exact_synonym

chromoblastomycosis

mossy foot disease

Chromomycosis

chromomycosis

has_related_synonym

dermatitis Verrucosa

Chromomycoses

Chromoblastomycoses

label

chromomycosis

prefixIRI

MONDO:0015908

prefLabel

chromomycosis

textual definition

Chromomycosis is a chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous fungal infection, found mainly in subtropical and tropical areas (in soil and plant debris and transmitted by traumatic inoculation), and characterized clinically by slow growing, verrucous nodules, squamous plaques, or chronic limited lesions which are most commonly found on the lower limbs and which are characterized histologically by the presence of muriform cells. It is caused by dematiaceous fungi, with the main etiological agents being Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa and Cladophialophora carrionii. Rarely, it can be caused by Rhinocladiella aquaspersa.

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0002040

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0000255

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