Tinea nigra palmaris from South India.
A middle aged woman was diagnosed as a case of tinea nigra palmaris in a Pondicherry hospital. Ascraping from a dark patch on her palm yielded Cladosporium werneckii. This is the first report of mycologically confirmed tinea nigra palmaris from India.
D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008875:Middle Aged; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D014005:Tinea / Q000382:microbiology*