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Tiña negra. Primera observación en el Uruguay

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The first case in Uruguay of ‘tinea nigra’ is described in a 44-year-old male patient with a maculous pigmented lesion on the right foot. It represents the most meridional case of the disease yet recorded in South America. Exophiala werneckii was isolated in cultures (strain 1905 IHM).

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  1. Sección Micología Dpto de Parasitología, Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

    I. A. Conti-Díaz, F. Burgoa, E. Civila, J. Bonasse & A. Miller

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Conti-Díaz, I.A., Burgoa, F., Civila, E. et al. Tiña negra. Primera observación en el Uruguay. Mycopathologia 87, 81–83 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436633

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