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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct;72(4):389-392.
doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2015.08.003. Epub 2015 Oct 17.

Chromoblastomycosis caused by Cladophialophora carrionii in a skin graft recipient

Partha Roy  1 , S Prasanna  2 , Dudhat Vaibhav Laxmikant  2 , C N Chaudhari  3
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Chromoblastomycosis caused by Cladophialophora carrionii in a skin graft recipient

Partha Roy et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2016 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Chromoblastomycosis; Cladophialophora carrionii; Sclerotic body.

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Fig. 1
Colony morphology of C. carrionii on SDA showing brown to black mould and leathery folded out texture.
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Fig. 2
(A) LPCB mount of the isolate (400T) showing septate hyphae with conidiophores. (B) Bearing long chains of spindle shaped conidia.
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Fig. 3
(A) Gomori's methenamine silver stain (GMS) from fine needle aspirate (1000×) showing black coloured septate hyphae. (B) Grey-black, thick walled, 6–10 mm sclerotic bodies also called Medlar or copper penny bodies.
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