Treatment of chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi with low-dose terbinafine

Authors
Sevigny, GM Ramos-Caro, FA
Citation
Gm. Sevigny et Fa. Ramos-caro, Treatment of chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi with low-dose terbinafine, CUTIS, 66(1), 2000, pp. 45-46
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology
Journal title
CUTIS
ISSN journal
00114162 → ACNP
Volume
66
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
45 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4162(200007)66:1<45:TOCDTF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Chromoblastomycosis, or chromomycosis, is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by a species of dematiaceous fungi. W e present a patient with chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi, who was treated with 8 months of terbinafine 250 mg by mouth daily with histol ogic and mycologic cure.