Causative microorganism of chromoblastomycosis is: (A) Cladosporium, (B) Blastomyces, (C) Sporothrix, (D) Histoplasma capsulatum
Answer is A. Chromoblastomycosis or verrucous dermatitis is caused by cladophialophora, phialophora, exophiala, F.pedrosoi, F.compacta. Histoplasma causes histoplasmosis. Sporothrix causes sporotrichosis. Blastomyces causes blastomycosis. Ref: Textbook of Microbiology, Ananthanarayan and Paniker; 9th edition .