ACUTE CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS PROVOKED BY AN INSECT BITE IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT

Authors
SAUERTEIG E HERNANDEZ R SALFELDER K BASTIDAS C
Citation
E. Sauerteig et al., ACUTE CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS PROVOKED BY AN INSECT BITE IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT, Mycoses, 41(5-6), 1998, pp. 191-194
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
41
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
191 - 194
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1998)41:5-6<191:ACPBAI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
This is the report of a case of acute chromoblastomycosis observed in a 59-year-old immunosuppressed patient in Barinas, Barinas State, Vene zuela, provoked by an insect bite in the right upper arm, apparently c ured by extirpation. Because the final diagnosis was made only by hist ological examination of the surgical specimen, no culture was performe d.