GRANULOMATOUS SKIN INFECTION CAUSED BY SCOPULARIOPSIS-BREVICAULIS

Authors
BRUYNZEEL I STARINK TM
Citation
I. Bruynzeel et Tm. Starink, GRANULOMATOUS SKIN INFECTION CAUSED BY SCOPULARIOPSIS-BREVICAULIS, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 39(2), 1998, pp. 365-367
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Part
2
Pages
365 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1998)39:2<365:GSICBS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A 14-year-old girl with a granulomatous infection of the cheek caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis is described. Treatment successively con sisted of itraconazole and/or terbinafine for 19 months, after which c linical and mycologic cure seemed to be obtained. However, a relapse o ccurred 10 months later.