Side Lab Diagnosis of Chromoblastomycosis.
A 35 year old male having erythematous and verrucous plaques and scars on his right lower limb, diagnosed as a case of chromoblastomycosis is described. The importance of close scrutiny of lesions for brownish- black dots and their direct microscopic exarmination in 10% KOH for the causative fungus is highlighted. The causative fungus was identified as Cladosporium carrionni.
Vinod K
VK
Sharma
Bhushan
B
Kumar
Inderjit
I
Kaur
Surrinder
S
Kaur