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SUBMITTER: Chanyachailert P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6926263 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chanyachailert Pattriya P Leeyaphan Charussri C Bunyaratavej Sumanas S Chongtrakool Piriyaporn P
Medical mycology case reports 20190730
Dematiaceous fungi can cause subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, an uncommon fungal infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissues. <i>Medicopsis romeroi</i> is an emerging organism that can infect patients with subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, especially immunocompromised patients. The present case involved subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by <i>Medicopsis romeroi</i> in an 80-year-old Thai male with poorly controlled diabetes, for whom the lesion underwent spontaneous remission after his gly ...[more]