5.2.2.3 Cutaneous alternariosis

Alternaria is a nonpathogenic, melanin-forming fungus widely seen in the environment. Rarely, skin infection of A. alternata happens [50]. In a skin biopsy specimen from a young female, a few Grocott-reactive fungi were observed in the chronically inflamed dermis. The patient's own serum visualized the fungal microbes phagocytized by macrophages (Figure 28) [21, 23].
