<prompt> A 40 years old male from Himachal Pradesh has presented with verrucous lesions in the skin with following microscopic findings from the tissue biopsy. What is the diagnosis?ChromoblastomycosisSporotrichosisRhinosporidiosisMycetoma  <response>: Ans. a ChromoblastomycosisRef: Ananthanarayan and Paniker T.B of microbiology - 10th ed- page 605 Chromoblastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by pigmented fungi also called as dematiaceous fungi It most commonly affects the agricultural workers and woodcutters, and usually follows a trauma. It produces verrucous, warty, cutaneous nodules. Hence also called as verrucous dermatitis. Agents: Fonsecae spp., Exophiala spp., Cladophialophora Lab diagnosis: KOH mount or tissue biopsy and staining of the lesions shows - irregular, dark brown bodies with septae yeast like bodies - called as Sclerotic bodies seen in image as brown coloured Treatment: Amphotericin B, Itraconazole 