Abstract
To the Editor.— I have read with interest the article by Margaret Bayles ( Arch Derm 104:476, 1971) partly because of the scarcity of the reports on chromomycosis from South Africa, which is an important endemic area. In the report by Dr. Bayles there are a few points that deserve some comment for those readers of theArchiveswho are not familiar with chromomycosis. From 19 cases diagnosed (14 patients were hospitalized), only seven cultures were obtained: six strains of Fonsecaea (Hormodendrum) pedrosoi and one strain of Cladosporium carrionii . When a culture was not possible, a biopsy gave the diagnosis. We emphasize the importance of the culture in the management of this malady, because the species of the parasite is important. The isolation of F pedrosoi may be taken for granted in nine of ten cases from temperate zones or from wet areas within the torrid zone; but C carrionii is
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