Phaeohyphomycosis due toCladosporium cladosporioides
Open Access
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Medical Mycology
- Vol. 39 (1) , 135-137
- https://doi.org/10.1080/mmy.39.1.135.137
Abstract
Phaeohyphomycosis is a clinical entity caused by dematiaceous fungi. We describe a clinical case of phaeohyphomycosis due to Cladosporium cladosporioides in a 45-year-old white male, apparently healthy, human immunodeficiency virus-negative. The patient was treated with terbinafine for 9 months, with regression of a skin lesion. Three months after discontinuation of the therapy, there was a clinical and mycological relapse. After progression of the disease with inadequate treatment, there was no response to amphotericin B and flucytosine. Finally, we obtained a clinical response with itraconazole oral solution at 600 mg day−1 for a 6-month period.Keywords
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