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Phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria species and Phaeosclera dematioides Sigler, Tsuneda and Carmichael
Author(s) -
PALENCAROVA E.,
JESENSKA Z.,
PLANK L.,
TRAKA S.S,
BASKA T.,
HAJTMAN A.,
PEC J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1995.tb01362.x
Subject(s) - medicine , itraconazole , phaeohyphomycosis , asymptomatic , dermatology , mycosis , bipolaris , perforation , surgery , antifungal , biology , botany , materials science , metallurgy , punching
Summary A case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by strains of both Alternaria spp. and Phaeosclera dematioides is presented. First clinical signs of mycosis appeared on the patient's face, after an injury with a straw stalk during the wheat harvest in Germany in 1942. Further signs developed in 1955 at one forearm, and again in 1968 in the mouth, leading to perforation of the palate. After treatment with amphotericin B (1973–75) she went into a 13‐year‐long, clinically asymptomatic remission. She relapsed in 1988, when eight foci of the disease developed, mostly on both forearms. Diabetes mellitus and asthma developed at this time. After pulse therapy with itraconazole the patient remains in a good clinical condition.