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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 55(1), 1996, pp. 45-47
Copyright © 1996 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Forty Years of Chromoblastomycosis in Madagascar: A Review

Philippe Esterre, Abel Andriantsimahavandy, Estera Ramanantsoa Ramarcel AND Jean-Louis Pecarrere
Parasitology Unit and Pathology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Confirmed cases of chromoblastomycosis in Madagascar from 1955 through 1994 were studied retrospectively. The total number of cases reported was 1,343, of which 98.5% were confirmed by histopathology. Only 30.8% of the cases showed a positive cultivation on mycologic media, and Fonsecaea pedrosoi was identified from 61.8% of the fungal strains. Two distinct areas of endemic chromoblastomycosis, each with a characteristic ecosystem and a single species, are identified. Madagascar represents the most important focus of this fungal disease described to date in the world.






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