CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS: Report of First Case Recognized in Michigan, Apparently Contracted in South Carolina

THE FIRST case of chromoblastomycosis in the United States was reported by Medlar 1 and by Lane, 2 who discussed it from different points of view. This case was found in Massachusetts. A few additional cases from North America have been added to the literature. Reports include one case by Wilson, Hulsey, and Weidman, 3 from Texas, in 1933; one by Martin, Baker, and Conant, 4 from North Carolina, in 1936; one by Moore and Mapother, 5 from Missouri, in 1940; one by Emmons, Hailey, and Hailey, 6 from Georgia, in 1941; one by Weidman and Rosenthal, 7 from Pennsylvania, in 1941; two by Moore, Cooper, and Weiss, 8 from Missouri in 1943; one by Binford, Hess, and Emmons, 9 from Georgia, in 1944, and one by Mundt and Moore, 10 from Louisiana, in 1947-1948. Weidman and Rosenthal 7 in 1941 summarized 110 cases of chromoblastomycosis from the