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Dallas J Smith1, Conceição Maria Pedrozo E Silva de Azevedo1, Ahmed Fahal1
1Dr. Smith is from the Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo is from the Department of Medicine, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil. Dr. Fahal is from the Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Sudan. Dr. Lipner is from the Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York. Dr. Grijsen is from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, and the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Dr. Hay is from King's College London, United Kingdom.
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Chromoblastomycosis, subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis, and mycetoma are implantation mycoses that cause substantial morbidity and decreased quality of life. Limited data on the global epidemiology of these diseases are available in addition to a lack of robust diagnostic and clinical options. The skin is the key starting point for the diagnosis and management of these infections, the steps for which are outlined in this article.
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