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  • Title: Adiaspiromycosis of human skin caused by Emmonsia crescens.
    Author: Kamalam A, Thambiah AS.
    Journal: Sabouraudia; 1979 Dec; 17(4):377-81. PubMed ID: 575679.
    Abstract:
    Two cases of cutaneous adiaspiromycosis by Emmonsia crescens are reported. This is the first human skin infection by this species and is the first report of its kind in man from India. In the first patient, the agent was demonstrated in KOH mounts, histology and culture from irregular, pigmented skin plaques on the right gluteal area. The lesion also contained calcium. In the second patient the fungus was demonstrated histologically in a knee lesion. The agent had elicited a histiocytic and giant cell reaction in the dermis in both cases. The first patient suffered from anaemia and epilepsy and the second suffered from nephropathy with chyluria. The skin lesions were surgically excised with skin grafting in the first patient.
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