Treatment of severe chromoblastomycosis with itraconazole and 5-flucytosine association
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic human melanized fungi infection of the subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic inoculation of a specific group of dematiaceous fungi through the skin, often found in barefooted agricultural workers, in tropical and subtropical climate countries. We report the case of a male patient presenting a slow-growing pruriginous lesion on the limbs for 20 years, mistreated over that time, which was diagnosed and successfully treated as chromoblastomycosis. Besides the prevalence of this disease, treatment is still a clinical challenge.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
2010
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652010000600008 |
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