Mycotic abscesses are due to -: (A) Bacterial infection, (B) Fungi, (C) Viral infec.ion, (D) Mixed Infection
Answer is B. Subcutaneous mycosis includes a large spectrum of infections caused by a heterogeneous group of fungi. The main subcutaneous fungal infections include sporotrichosis, aspergillosis chromoblastomycosis, mycetoma, lobomycosis, rhinosporidiosis, subcutaneous zygomycosis, and subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis. Ref Davidson 23rd edition pg 234