Chromomycosis: literature review and clinical case

Abstract

A clinical case of leg skin chromomycosis is described, a review of the literature is given, the main modern medical methods, as well as methods of historical significance are briefly described. The individual links of the pathogenesis of chromomycosis (CM) are described, a list of nosologies to which chromomycosis should be differentiated is presented.Materials and methods. A clinical case of chromomycosis in a 63-year-old patient is presented. The process developed as a result of systematic frequent injury of the shins with sharp parts of plants.Results. The diagnosis of chromomycosis was established on the basis of anamnesis, clinic data, detection of the pathogen in the biopsy material.Conclusions. Thus, CM is a serious deep skin mycosis, which still causes an epidemiologically significant morbidity in workers of agricultural and related fields! It is difficult to treat it, especially in more severe clinical forms. Treatment usually consists of long periods of treatment with antifungal drugs, often associated with physical procedures and immunotherapy. This publication is intended to extract HMM from the list of ′forgotten diseases′ at least for a short time!