Subcutaneous fungal infections

PANG, KATIE R.
WU, JASHIN J.
HUANG, DAVID B.
K. TYRING, STEPHEN

^*Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
^†Department of Dermatology, University of California, Irvine, CA
^‡Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
^¶Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
^**University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
^§Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Center for Clinical Studies, Houston, TX

Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Stephen K. Tyring, MD, PhD, MBA, 2060 Space Park Drive, Suite 200, Houston TX 77058, or email: [email protected].

Dermatologic Therapy 17(6):p 523-531, December 2004.

Subcutaneous mycoses are caused by a variety of mostly tropical organisms, usually when they are implanted into the dermis or the subcutaneous tissue. They rarely disseminate or become systemic. Sporotrichosis, mycetoma, and chromoblastomycosis are more common subcutaneous mycoses than are rhinosporidiosis, zygomycosis, pheohyphomycosis, and lobomycosis.