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12195571

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 59-year-old Japanese man presented with a slightly elevated, pruritic, erythematous plaque on his left buttock measuring 5 x 5 cm in diameter. The man had a history of chromomycosis, dating 6 years prior to the current consultation, for which he had been treated with oral terbinafine. Diagnosis of a recurrence of chromomycosis of the skin due to infection by Foncecaea pedrosoi was made after careful analysis of the clinical features, skin biopsy, KOH mounts, and fungal culture results. We administered topical heat therapy followed by treatment with CO2 laser to eradicate the unresponsive remnants of the lesion. The operative site re-epithelized within 10 weeks, and 1 year after the treatment there was no evidence of recurrence. For a recalcitrant case of chromomycosis, as in this case, the use of CO2 laser combined with topical heat therapy may be a new therapeutic modality.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0926-9959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
273-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful treatment of chromomycosis using carbon dioxide laser associated with topical heat applications.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports