Chromoblastomycosis Treated with Occlusive Dressing of Amphotericin B Cream.
- Author:
Sung Wha KIM
1
;
Soo Hee OH
;
Sung Koan CHOI
;
Young Hun LEE
;
Joon Hyeok YOON
;
Yong Jun BANG
;
Soon Bong SUH
Author Information
1. Catholic Skin Clinic, Taegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chromoblastomycosis;
Fonsecaea pedrosoi;
Occlusive dressing;
Amphotercin B
- MeSH:
Aged;
Amphotericin B*;
Arm;
Chromoblastomycosis*;
Dermis;
Female;
Fungi;
Humans;
Occlusive Dressings*;
Recurrence;
Skin;
Ulcer;
Weights and Measures
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
2000;5(3):144-149
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of chromoblastomycosis in a 65 year-old woman. She had a 3x4 cm sized, annular, erythematous, plaque with crusts and ulcers on the right lower arm. The lesion had grown slowly for 2 years. In fungal and histopathologic examinations, several muriform cells were found in dermis as well as in scales and crusts on the lesional skin surface. Isolated fungus was identified as Fonsecaea pedrosoi. We treated the patient occlusive dressing of amphotericin B (3%) ointment for 8 weeks and achieved a good response without any evidence of recurrence. We propose that the occlusive dressing therapy of amphotericin B cream is a good modality among the various treatments of small localized chromoblastomycosis.
