Infections Caused by Dematiaceous Fungi.
- Author:
Moo Kyu SUH
1
;
Yong Hwan LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea. mksuhmd@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Chromoblastomycosis;
Phaeohyphomycosis;
Dematiaceous fungi
- MeSH:
Cell Wall;
Chromoblastomycosis;
Fungi*;
Humans;
Hyperplasia;
Hyphae;
Korea;
Melanins;
Mycetoma;
Onychomycosis;
Phaeohyphomycosis;
Piedra;
Pityriasis;
Skin Diseases
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
2005;10(3):77-82
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
