Abstract
BACKGROUND: describes clinical aspects of patients with chromoblastomycosis treated at the dermatology department of the Para State University. The present study aimed to describe clinical and therapeutic aspects of patients with chromoblastomycosis treated at the dermatology department of Para State University.
 METHODS: An observational, descriptive, case series study was performed, comprising 12 patients with the diagnosis of chromoblastomycosis. A clinical interview and a dermatological protocole were applied, classifing these patients in variables as gender, age, time of illness, type of lesion (size, shape, appearance, location and evolution), treatment and complications. Those unable to attend the clinic in person or unable to be represented by someone legally, a Term of Consent for Data Use was applied.
 CONCLUSIONS: most of the patients were male, rural workers, with vegetative lesions according to the classification of Carrión, graduated as moderate, with less than 10 years of evolution.
Highlights
This study aims to describe demographic and clinical aspects of chromoblastomycosis patients treated at the dermatology department of the Para State University
The present study demonstrated that most patients with chromoblastomycosis have or had constant contact with the soil, coming in line with the already established profile of the disease in literature [10]
Whenever there was more than one type of clinical aspect in the same lesion, it was considered the predominant one
Summary
The most frequently isolated organisms are Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium carrioni and more rarely Rhinocladiella aquaspersa [2]. In nature, these agents live decomposing a organic matter of soil substrates, plant remains, contaminated water, among others. Afterwards, a remarkable clinical polymorphism is usually observed, having lesions with the folowing aspects: nodular, verrucous, plaque (infiltrative), tumoral and scarring [4]. Describes clinical aspects of patients with chromoblastomycosis treated at the dermatology department of the Para State University.
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