CUTANEOUS INFECTION BY SCEDOSPORIUM-APIOSPERMUM AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WITH ITRACONAZOLE

We report the case of a 42-year-old man with a 13-year history of bila teral faciocervical infiltrative erythema, which had been misdiagnosed as tuberculoderma and which had failed to respond to treatment with a drenal corticosteroids and antituberculotics. On admission to the depa rtment, Scedosporium apiospermum was identified on lesion biopsies and fungus cultures as the causative agent and a diagnosis of cutaneous i nfection by S. apiospermum was made. This is the first report of chron ic skin granuloma caused by S. apiospermum in China. Treatment with or al itraconazole (100-100 mg/day) led to clinical cure within 4 months.