The disease is endemic in rural regions in South America and Central America.Infection most commonly develops after minor scratches or insect bites, but many patients cannot recall any skin trauma. Human-to-human transmission does not occur, and the disease is only acquired from the environment. The disease manifests as chronic keloidal nodular lesions on the face, ears, or extremities.<unk>  lesions on the skin of a bottlenosed dolphin Diagnosis of Lobo's disease is made by taking a sample of the infected skin (a skin biopsy) and examining it under the microscope. Lacazia loboi is characterized by long chains of spherical cells interconnected by tubules. The cells appear to be yeast-like with a diameter of 5 to 12 μm. Attempts to culture L. loboi have so far been unsuccessful.
Lobomycosis
Phycomycosis
Chromoblastomycosis
Zygomycosis
Dermatomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Botryomycosis
Sycosis