Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous mycotic infection caused by dematiaceous saprophytic moulds. The most frequently isolated agent is Fonsecae pedrosoi. This article reports a case of a man from the Amazon region in Northern Brazil who presented with a lesion of 12 months' duration,...

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Autores principales: Gomes, Nathália Matos, Bastos, Thales Costa, Cruz, Kátia Santana, Francesconi, Fábio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
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Imaging In Tropical Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24770521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142621
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author Gomes, Nathália Matos
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Francesconi, Fábio
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description Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous mycotic infection caused by dematiaceous saprophytic moulds. The most frequently isolated agent is Fonsecae pedrosoi. This article reports a case of a man from the Amazon region in Northern Brazil who presented with a lesion of 12 months' duration, which gradually increased in size until covering the majority of his right leg. A successful treatment with itraconazole was performed.
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spelling pubmed-40080752014-05-07 Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case() Gomes, Nathália Matos Bastos, Thales Costa Cruz, Kátia Santana Francesconi, Fábio An Bras Dermatol Imaging In Tropical Dermatology Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous mycotic infection caused by dematiaceous saprophytic moulds. The most frequently isolated agent is Fonsecae pedrosoi. This article reports a case of a man from the Amazon region in Northern Brazil who presented with a lesion of 12 months' duration, which gradually increased in size until covering the majority of his right leg. A successful treatment with itraconazole was performed. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4008075/ /pubmed/24770521 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142621 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gomes, Nathália Matos
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Cruz, Kátia Santana
Francesconi, Fábio
Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()
title Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()
title_full Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()
title_fullStr Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()
title_full_unstemmed Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()
title_short Chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()
title_sort chromoblastomycosis: an exuberant case()
topic Imaging In Tropical Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24770521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142621
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