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Tinea Nigra is a superficial fungal infection that causes dark brown to black painless patches on the soles of the hands and feet. This infection is caused by the fungus formerly classifed as Exophiala werneckii but more recently classified as Hortaea werneckii.^{1, 2}

Sources

• Trattler, Bill; Gladwin, Mark. Clinical

Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple (Medmaster). MedMaster Inc. ISBN 0-940780-81-X. 

1.) http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic890.htm

2.) Murray, Patrick R.; Rosenthal, Ken S.; Pfaller, Michael A. Medical Microbiology, Fifth Edition. United States: Elsevier Mosby, 2005

• [http://www.mycology.adelaide.edu.au/Mycoses/Superficial/Tinea_nigra/

Overview] at University of Adelaide