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An instance of excellent response of subcutaneous zygomycosis to itraconazole monotherapy

Subcutaneous zygomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. This entity is usually endemic in South India and only limited numbers of cases have been reported from central India. We report a case of 4-year-old male child from Chhattisgarh, who presented with a painless, non-t...

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Autores principales: Patro, Priyadarshini, Das, Padma, Sachdev, Divya, Borkar, Nitinkumar, Ganguly, Satyaki, Hussain, Nighat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6395828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30859059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.02.002
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Sumario:Subcutaneous zygomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. This entity is usually endemic in South India and only limited numbers of cases have been reported from central India. We report a case of 4-year-old male child from Chhattisgarh, who presented with a painless, non-tender, large, subcutaneous swelling of 4 months duration on the right upper arm, which was initially misdiagnosed as benign spindle cell tumor and advised surgical resection. But the fungal culture of the affected tissue grown Basidiobolus ranarum and the child responded very well to itraconazole therapy only.