Treatment of severe chromoblastomycosis with itraconazole and 5-flucytosine association

  • Antonello V
  • Silva M
  • Cambruzzi E
  • et al.
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Abstract

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.Cromoblastomicose é uma infecção fúngica crônica do tecido subcutâneo causada pela inoculação traumática de um grupo específico de fungos através da pele, encontrados eventualmente em trabalhadores do campo descalços em países de clima tropical e subtropical. Relatamos aqui o caso de um paciente do sexo masculino com uma lesão dermatológica de crescimento lento e pruriginosa nos membros inferiores por 20 anos, diagnosticada e tratada com sucesso para cromoblastomicose. Apesar da prevalência desta doença em nossa região, o tratamento ainda é um desafio.

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Antonello, V. S., Silva, M. C. A. da, Cambruzzi, E., Kliemann, D. A., Santos, B. R., & Queiroz-Telles, F. (2010). Treatment of severe chromoblastomycosis with itraconazole and 5-flucytosine association. Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 52(6), 329–331. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0036-46652010000600008

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