Premium
Case Report. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Cladosporium cladosporioides
Author(s) -
Sood Neelam,
Makkar Rati
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2000.00545.x
Subject(s) - cladosporium cladosporioides , medicine , lesion , phaeohyphomycosis , presentation (obstetrics) , cladosporium , dermatology , pathology , surgery , biology , immunology , penicillium , genetics
A case of subcutaneous phaeohyphoymycosis caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides in a 25‐year‐old male is described. The clinical presentation was an elevated scaly suppurating lesion with sinuses on the right leg. The lesion healed completely with oral fluconazole therapy. The present report constitutes the first record of cutaneous or subcutaneous infection due to Cl. cladosporioides from India.