Response of chromoblastomycosis to voriconazole

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissue, in which the most common etiologic agent in Brazil is Fonsecaea pedrosoi. In more advanced cases we found many difficulties in their treatment, and therefore, we report a case of extensive and severe...

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Autores principales: de Lima, Alexandre Moretti, Sacht, Gabriely Lessa, de Paula, Lauren Zogbi Pereira, Aseka, Gabriela Kimie, Goetz, Hermann Soares, Gheller, Maicon Felippe, Torraca, Pedro de Freitas Silva
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
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Images in Tropical Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27828652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20165142
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author de Lima, Alexandre Moretti
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description Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissue, in which the most common etiologic agent in Brazil is Fonsecaea pedrosoi. In more advanced cases we found many difficulties in their treatment, and therefore, we report a case of extensive and severe chromoblastomycosis, with therapeutical failure of first choice treatments, but good response to voriconazole.
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spelling pubmed-50872372016-11-01 Response of chromoblastomycosis to voriconazole de Lima, Alexandre Moretti Sacht, Gabriely Lessa de Paula, Lauren Zogbi Pereira Aseka, Gabriela Kimie Goetz, Hermann Soares Gheller, Maicon Felippe Torraca, Pedro de Freitas Silva An Bras Dermatol Images in Tropical Dermatology Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissue, in which the most common etiologic agent in Brazil is Fonsecaea pedrosoi. In more advanced cases we found many difficulties in their treatment, and therefore, we report a case of extensive and severe chromoblastomycosis, with therapeutical failure of first choice treatments, but good response to voriconazole. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5087237/ /pubmed/27828652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20165142 Text en ©2016 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087237/
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