Chromoblastomycosis

Skin disease, caused by infection with a fungus, characterized by itchy, warty nodules in a break in the skin that sometimes spread and ulcerate. Treatment is by excision of the nodules and by topical antibiotics.


A chronic fungal infection of the skin that may follow an injury; for example, a wound from a wood splinter. It produces pigmented wart-like lumps, mainly on the feet and legs, that sometimes ulcerate. The disease is often found in rural communities.


 


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