Catalog

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1146721014

Phaeohyphomycosis consists of a heterogeneous group of fungal infections caused by more than 80 genera and species. Subcutaneous infection usually follows traumatic implantation of a fungus by a wooden splinter that the fungus inhabits as a saprophyte. The growth of the fungus forms verrucous plaques or a painless subcutaneous abscess. Subcutaneous infection is usually caused by Exophiala and Phialophora species.