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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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III. Blastomycocis

Case 24. Blastomycocis / Basalioma

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Fig. 24-A3

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Fig. 24-A3
Fig. 24-A3: Blastomycosis

In smears of the mycelial phase of the Blastomyces dermatitidis thin hyphae and microconidias are found. The latter are connected with the hyphae by short and thin stalks. The culture of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in the mycelial phase looks similar.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela