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 |
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