Abstract:
:Cutaneous chrysosporium infection is extremely rare and underdiagnosed. We present an immunocompromised patient who presented with recurrent cutaneous abscesses. Histopathology of the abscess showed thick-walled conidia and septate fungal hyphae within the subcutis and fungal culture grew Chrysosporium species.
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Trop Doctjournal_title
Tropical doctorauthors
Dincy PC,Meera T,Susanne PA,Promila RMdoi
10.1177/0049475519845779subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-10-01 00:00:00pages
306-308issue
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0049-4755issn
1758-1133journal_volume
49pub_type
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