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School of Molecular & Biomedical Science
The University of Adelaide
AUSTRALIA 5005

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Dr David Ellis
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+61 8 8161 6459
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The Subcutaneous Mycoses

These are chronic, localized infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue following the traumatic implantation of the aetiologic agent. The causative fungi are all soil saprophytes of regional epidemiology whose ability to adapt to the tissue environment and elicit disease is extremely variable.

Disease	Causative organisms	Incidence
Sporotrichosis	Sporothrix schenckii	Rare
Chromoblastomycosis	Fonsecaea, Phialophora, Cladosporium etc.	Rare
Phaeohyphomycosis	Cladosporium, Exophiala, Wangiella, Bipolaris, Exserohilum, Curvularia	Rare
Mycotic mycetoma	Pseudallescheria, Madurella, Acremonium, Exophiala etc.	Rare
Subcutaneous zygomycosis (Entomophthoromycosis)	Basidiobolus ranarum Conidiobolus coronatus	Rare
Subcutaneous zygomycosis (Mucormycosis)	Rhizopus, Mucor, Rhizomucor, Absidia, Saksenaea etc	Rare
Rhinosporidiosis	Rhinosporidium seeberi	Rare
Lobomycosis	Loboa loboi	Rare