Chromomycosis, also known as Chromoblastomycosis, is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and the subcutaneous tissue caused by a transcutaneous traumatic inoculation of a specific group of dematiaceous fungi usually found in tropical and subtropical areas. Main etiological agents belong to Fonsecaea and Cladophialophora genus and, while scattered cases have been reported in Phialophora, Rhinocladiella and Exophiala genus.
Category
Fungal infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Mycoses
1F24 Chromoblastomycosis
H01520 Chromomycosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Fungal infections (mycosis)
Infections caused by ascomycetes
H01520 Chromomycosis
