ABSTRACT
Entomophtoromycosis, or subcutaneous phycomycosis, is a chronic infection caused by the Entomophtorales fungi of the genuses Basidiobolus and Conidioboius. It is characterized by firm, subcutaneous nodules which rarely ulcerate. In 1925, Van Overeen reported the infection in a horse. In 1956 in Indonesia, Lei-Kian Joe described the first cases in humans; the infectious agent was Basidiobolus ranarum. In 1961, Emmons and Bridges defined the etiologic agent Entomophthora (Conidioboius) coronata in horses, and in 1965 Bras reported a case in a Jamaican native caused by Conidioboius coronatus.
