Chromoblastomycosis: a retrospective study of 325 cases on Amazonic Region(Brazil)

Citation
Jp. Silva et al., Chromoblastomycosis: a retrospective study of 325 cases on Amazonic Region(Brazil), MYCOPATHOLO, 143(3), 1998, pp. 171-175
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Microbiology
Journal title
MYCOPATHOLOGIA
ISSN journal
0301486X → ACNP
Volume
143
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
171 - 175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1998)143:3<171:CARSO3>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A retrospective study of 325 cases of chromoblastomycosis diagnosed in the last 55 years in the Amazon region was carried out by the main Mycology ser vices of the state of Para, Brazil (Department of Tropical Pathology UFPA a nd Mycology Department of the Evandro Chagas Institute/FNS). The data obtai ned showed that: (a) the main age group affected by the diseases range from 41 to 70 years-old, (b) 86.1% of the patients were agricultural-workers, ( c) 93.2% of them were males and (d) 80.7% showed lesions on the lower limbs (feet and legs). The diagnosis of 62% of the cases was confirmed by labora tory studies considering the tissue form in histopathological analysis. in 24% of patients (78 cases), the etiological agent was isolated and identifi ed through culture. Fonsecaea pedrosoi was present in 77 cases and Phialoph ora verucosa in only one case.