ATYPICAL EUMYCETOMA CAUSED BY PHIALOPHORA-PARASITICA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH ITRACONAZOLE AND FLUCYTOSINE

Authors
HOOD SV MOORE CB CHEESBROUGH JS MENE A DENNING DW
Citation
Sv. Hood et al., ATYPICAL EUMYCETOMA CAUSED BY PHIALOPHORA-PARASITICA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH ITRACONAZOLE AND FLUCYTOSINE, British journal of dermatology, 136(6), 1997, pp. 953-956
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
136
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
953 - 956
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1997)136:6<953:AECBPS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Phialophora species are occasional pathogens causing subcutaneous and invasive disease. We report the first case of eumycetoma caused by Il parasitica in an otherwise healthy U.K. resident who visited India. Sh e failed to respond to surgical excision and itraconazole, 400 mg dail y, but responded to itraconazole, 400 mg daily, and flucytosine, 1 g t hree times daily, for 12 months. In vitro susceptibility testing predi cted a response.