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Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera
Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by specific group of dematiaceous fungi. The infection results from traumatic injury and is seen more commonly on feet and lower legs. It is rarely seen in children and metastatic spread to other syst...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293256 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.182425 |
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author | Srinivas, Sahana M Gowda, Vykuntaraju K Mahantesh, S Mannapur, Rajeshwari Shivappa, Sanjay K |
author_facet | Srinivas, Sahana M Gowda, Vykuntaraju K Mahantesh, S Mannapur, Rajeshwari Shivappa, Sanjay K |
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description | Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by specific group of dematiaceous fungi. The infection results from traumatic injury and is seen more commonly on feet and lower legs. It is rarely seen in children and metastatic spread to other systems is exceptionally rare. We report a 12-year-old immunocompetent male child diagnosed with chromoblastomycosis on the lower leg, who in a span of few months developed osteomyelitis and left hemiparesis. Fungal culture showed growth of Exophiala spinifera. Child showed good improvement with voriconazole and itraconazole after 1 year of treatment. Skin lesions healed with minimal scarring and his power improved. |
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spelling | pubmed-48851882016-06-10 Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera Srinivas, Sahana M Gowda, Vykuntaraju K Mahantesh, S Mannapur, Rajeshwari Shivappa, Sanjay K Indian J Dermatol Case Report Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by specific group of dematiaceous fungi. The infection results from traumatic injury and is seen more commonly on feet and lower legs. It is rarely seen in children and metastatic spread to other systems is exceptionally rare. We report a 12-year-old immunocompetent male child diagnosed with chromoblastomycosis on the lower leg, who in a span of few months developed osteomyelitis and left hemiparesis. Fungal culture showed growth of Exophiala spinifera. Child showed good improvement with voriconazole and itraconazole after 1 year of treatment. Skin lesions healed with minimal scarring and his power improved. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4885188/ /pubmed/27293256 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.182425 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Srinivas, Sahana M Gowda, Vykuntaraju K Mahantesh, S Mannapur, Rajeshwari Shivappa, Sanjay K Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera |
title | Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera |
title_full | Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera |
title_fullStr | Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera |
title_full_unstemmed | Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera |
title_short | Chromoblastomycosis Associated with Bone and Central Nervous Involvement System in an Immunocompetent Child Caused by Exophiala Spinifera |
title_sort | chromoblastomycosis associated with bone and central nervous involvement system in an immunocompetent child caused by exophiala spinifera |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293256 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.182425 |
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