Nomenclature of fungal diseases: a report and recommendations from a sub-committee of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)

SUMMARY Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), also known as chromomycosis, is one of the most prevalent implantation fungal infections, being the most common of the gamut of mycoses caused by melanized or brown-pigmented fungi. CBM is mainly a tropical or subtropical disease that may affect individuals with certain risk factors around the world. The following characteristics are associated with this disease: (i) traumatic inoculation by implantation from an environmental source, leading to an initial cutaneous lesion at the inoculation site; (ii) chronic and progressive cutaneous and subcutaneous tissular involvement associated with fibrotic and granulomatous reactions associated with microabscesses and often with tissue proliferation; (iii) a nonprotective T helper type 2 (Th2) immune response with ineffective humoral involvement; and (iv) the presence of muriform (sclerotic) cells embedded in the affected tissue. CBM lesions are clinically polymorphic and are commonly misdiagnosed as various other infectious and noninfectious diseases. In its more severe clinical forms, CBM may cause an incapacity for labor due to fibrotic sequelae and also due to a series of clinical complications, and if not recognized at an early stage, this disease can be refractory to antifungal therapy.

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“…Currently, CBM is classified by the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) as follows: ICD-9 no. 117.2 and ICD 10-B43 (31).…”

Section: A Brief History Of Chromoblastomycosismentioning

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Chromoblastomycosis

et al. 2017

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“…Other synonyms used are copper penny bodies or mauri-form cells. The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) in 1992 recommended the name, chromoblastomycosis to define the disease, which Terra et al coined in 1922 [5,6].…”

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Cutaneous Chromoblastomycosis

Ramraje¹,

Gokhale²,

Gupta³

2013

JCR

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Abstract:Background: Chromoblastomyocosis is a slowly progressive cutaneous mycosis caused by dematiaceous naturally pigmented fungi. Literature shows case reports described sporadically, hence definite incidence is not known. More than eighty cases have been reported in Indian literature till date. Case: Here, we present a case of 74 year old male, who developed a chronic ulcer on foot following trauma. He was initially diagnosed as a case of cutaneous tuberculosis. Histopathology of the ulcer biopsy confirmed cutaneous chromoblastomycosis. Sclerotic bodies highlighted by special stains were seen. Conclusion:If not diagnosed earlier, chromoblastomycosis evolves slowly, causing varying problems.

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“…Usually changes in fungi taxonomy alter the related disease name and description. For instance, the name of the fungus, Allescheria boydii which can cause various infections in humans, was changed to Petriellidium boydii and then to Pseudallescheria boydii within a short time [15]. Consequently, the infections caused by this organism were referred to as allescheriasis, allescheriosis, petriellidosis, and pseudallescheriosis in the medical literature [16].…”

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An enhanced graph-oriented approach for change management in distributed biomedical ontologies and linked data

Shaban-Nejad

Haarslev

2011

2011 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW)

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Abstract-This paper reports the summary and results of our research on providing a graph oriented formalism to represent, analyze and validate the evolution of bio-ontologies, with emphasis on the FungalWeb Ontology. In this approach Category theory along with rule-based hierarchical distributed (HD) graph transformation have been employed to propose a more specific semantics for analyzing ontological changes and transformations between different versions of an ontology, as well as tracking the effects of a change in different levels of abstractions.

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Nomenclature of fungal diseases: a report and recommendations from a sub-committee of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)

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