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Cutaneous Alternaria alternata infection successfully treated with itraconazole
Author(s) -
PALACIO A.,
GÓMEZHERNANDO C.,
REVENGA F.,
CARABIAS E.,
GONZÁLEZ A.,
CUÉTARA M.S.,
JOHNSON E.M.
Publication year - 1996
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.1365-2230.1996.tb00075.x
Subject(s) - sclerodactyly , medicine , itraconazole , alternaria alternata , dermatology , prednisone , telangiectasia , calcinosis , crest syndrome , surgery , disease , antifungal , connective tissue disease , botany , autoimmune disease , calcification , biology
Summary A case of cutaneous alternariosis due to Alternaria alternate in a 47‐year‐old man who had the CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly and telangiectasia) syndrome with pulmonary hypertension is presented. The patient, who lived in a rural area and was receiving prostacycline by continuous infusion, prednisone and azathioprine for his underlying disease, showed cutaneous lesions of the lower extremities spreading from the knees to the ankles. The patient was successfully treated with high doses of oral itraconazole.