Etymologia: Fonsecaea pedrosoi

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Moraes, Dayane ; Bailão, Alexandre Melo ; Silva-Bailão, Mirelle Garcia
• Description:
  Fonse caea pedrosoi [fon-se-se′ə pedro´soi]
  
  Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a neglected tropical disease caused by dematiaceous fungi, mainly Fonsecaea pedrosoi (Figure). This disease resembles blastomycosis in the Americas; the prefix indicates causative microorganisms’ pigmentation. In 1911, Pedroso observed histologic pathognomonic findings for CBM. He also observed rounded and brownish elements, now called muriform cells, in skin biopsy specimens from a patient in Goiás, Brazil. In 1915, Medlar described a similar cutaneous infection on the basis of culture and histologic analyses. In 1922, Brumpt reported Pedroso’s findings as Hormodendrum pedrosoi. Genus description referred to dendroidal conidial chains.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Ascomycota [B01.300.107] Etymologia Fonsecaea Terminology As Topic
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(7):1312
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10310383
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Etymologia
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5b88e6ad6038bb242df9881e841009c14f0ce8201dab4560497eda5bb8672e06
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/130815/cdc_130815_DS1.pdf
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