Lobomycosis, also known as Lobo disease or lacaziosis, is a chronic, granulomatous and cutaneous-subcutaneous infection that primarily occurs in tropical climates of Latin America. It is a zoonotic disease in humans and some species of dolphins. Main etiological agent is Lacazia loboi, a uncultivable dimorphic onygenale fungi.
Category
Fungal infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Mycoses
1F2B Lobomycosis
H01518 Lobomycosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Fungal infections (mycosis)
Infections caused by ascomycetes
H01518 Lobomycosis
