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Surgical Treatment of a Deep Fungal Infection of the Skin by Trichosporon cutaneum
Author(s) -
Seki Yoshihito,
Otsuka Fujio,
Ohara Kuniaki,
Takizawa Kiyohiro,
Ishibashi Yasumasa
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1987.tb03002.x
Subject(s) - medicine , trichosporon , surgical excision , surgery , treatment modality , therapeutic modalities , modalities , chemotherapy , dermatology , biology , social science , genetics , sociology , yeast
We treated a patient with facial granuloma caused by Trichosporon cutaneum , in whom various therapeutic modalities had been ineffective. A surgical procedure combining excision, topical chemotherapy of the open wound, and covering the defect with a cervicofacial flap was finally successful.