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3662567

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
A healthy, 55-year-old woman developed a subcutaneous abscess and systemic symptoms of nausea, dizziness, and chills following minor trauma to her leg. Histopathologic examination of a skin biopsy specimen revealed golden-brown colored mycelial elements, and culture resulted in growth of a dematiaceous fungus identified as Exserohilum rostratum. Surgical excision of the abscess and concomitant oral therapy with ketoconazole resulted in resolution of symptoms. In previously reported cases of human phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exserohilum and related Bipolaris species in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts, treatment has varied from topical antimicrobial therapy to combined surgery and intravenous antifungal chemotherapy. Our experience leads us to believe that surgical débridement of an accessible focus of infection along with orally administered ketoconazole may provide adequate therapy in an immunocompetent host.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-987X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1346-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Exserohilum rostratum in an immunocompetent host.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports