Infections Caused by Dematiaceous Fungi / 대한의진균학회지
Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
;
: 77-82, 2005.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-40522
ABSTRACT
The dematiaceous fungi, characterized by having melanin in their cell walls, have become significant due to an increasing cause of human skin disease in Korea. The disease caused by dematiaceous fungi contain pityriasis (tinea) nigra, onychomycosis (in part), black piedra, keratomycosis (in part), chromoblastomycosis, phaeohyphomycosis, and eumycotic mycetoma (in part). Chromoblastomycosis is subcutaneous mycotic disease that contain sclerotic cells and histologically show pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia with microabscess, and phaeohyphomycosis is a group of mycotic infections that contain dematiaceous yeast-like cells, pseudohypae-like elements, hyphae or combination of these form in tissue.
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Main subject:
Piedra
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Pityriasis
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Skin Diseases
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Cell Wall
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Chromoblastomycosis
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Onychomycosis
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Hyphae
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Phaeohyphomycosis
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Fungi
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Hyperplasia
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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