Title
Chromoblastomycosis: Clinical and microbiological characteristics of a neglected disease
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
Abstract
Chromoblastomycosis is a neglected and chronic fungal disease, mainly affects the subcutaneous tissue in limbs of people with occupational risk. Here, we report two cases of adult patients from tropical regions of northern Peru, affected with chronic erythematous scaly lesions and multiple blackheads, pain, itching and scarring in older areas of injury. Direct examination of the dermal scales showed typical of this disease fumagoides cells; Fonsecaea pedrosoi and Fonsecaea sp. were isolated for at first and second case respectively. Patients received antifungal treatment with itraconazole; however, in both cases the final outcome was not observed due to treatment abandonment and medical care.
Start page
404
End page
407
Volume
34
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Micología
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85032303641
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Chilena de Infectologia
ISSN of the container
07161018
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus