An agricultural worker is punctured by a tool used in the field. An infection, characterized by the development of a papule that is similar to a cauliflower appearance, develops. The worker is most likely suffering from which type of infection?

a. Mycetoma
b. Chromoblastomycosis
c. Tinea nigra
d. Black piedra


B
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection acquired via the traumatic inoculation of an organism, primarily into the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The infection is characterized by the development of a papule at the site of the traumatic insult that slowly spreads to form warty or tumorlike lesions characterized as similar in appearance to cauliflower.

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