Posts Tagged: Chromoblastomycosis

Chromoblastomycosis (CBM): Chromomycosis…

The disease was first reported by Maximilliano Willebald Rudolph in 1914 in a German journal…the article was titled “About the Brazilian fig tree.”  It was first recognized in Brazil by Pedroso in 1911.  Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is also known as Chromomycosis and most commonly affects the lower extremities.  It occurs as a result of direct inoculation… Read more »