CUTANEOUS LESIONS DUE TO PLEUROPHOMA (PHOMA) COMPLEX

Authors
ROSEN T RINALDI MJ TSCHEN JA STERN JK CERNOCH P
Citation
T. Rosen et al., CUTANEOUS LESIONS DUE TO PLEUROPHOMA (PHOMA) COMPLEX, Southern medical journal, 89(4), 1996, pp. 431-433
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
89
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
431 - 433
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1996)89:4<431:CLDTP(>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We report a case of striking and disfiguring facial mycosis due to an organism belonging to the Pleurophoma complex of Coelomycetes. This co ndition was likely acquired through repeated contact with infected soi l and exacerbated by prolonged application of topical corticosteroid p reparations. Antifungal drug susceptibility testing was used to direct a therapeutic choice in this unusual infection.