Chromoblastomycosis in Jamaica: a case report

A case of chromoblastomycomis is described occuring in a male patient aged thirty-six years. So far as is known this is the first substantiated case to be reported from Jamaica B.W.I. Most cases have been described as occuring in Caucasians of North America, Central and South America and Europe. In the present case the patient is a Negro. Penicillin and aureomycin therapy has proved to be valueless despite the substantial dosage used (AU)