Subcutaneous phycomycosis caused by Basidiobolus haptaosporus (Drechsler, 1947).
Subcutaneous phycomycosis in a Black child is reported, together with clinical, histological and mycological studies. This is the first case, to our knowledge, to be identified mycologically in South Africa. Oral potassium iodide gave an excellent therapeutic result.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D013019:South Africa