ULCEROUS GRANULOMATOUS CHEILITIS WITH LYMPHATIC INVASION CAUSED BY SCOPULARIOPSIS-BREVICAULIS INFECTION

Authors
CREUS L UMBERT P TORRESRODRIGUEZ JM LOPEZGIL F
Citation
L. Creus et al., ULCEROUS GRANULOMATOUS CHEILITIS WITH LYMPHATIC INVASION CAUSED BY SCOPULARIOPSIS-BREVICAULIS INFECTION, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 31(5), 1994, pp. 881-883
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
31
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Supplement
S
Pages
881 - 883
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1994)31:5<881:UGCWLI>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A 43-year-old man with ulcerous granulomatous cheilitis and submaxilla ry lymph node invasion caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis infection is described. Administration of itraconazole produced a dramatic and d efinitive cure. Reported cases of deep mycosis caused by S. brevicauli s infection are also reviewed.