Chromoblastomycosis: Response to Combination Therapy With Cryotherapy and Terbinafine

Chromoblastomycosis: response to combination therapy with cryotherapy and terbinafine.

Chromomycosis or chromoblastomycosis is a chronic deep skin mycosis that affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue and is caused by fungi from the Dematiaceae family, which are imperfect fungi that produce pigments similar to melanin. Several species are known to cause chromoblastomycosis; all have low virulence and produce similar clinical manifestations. The most common species is Fonsecaea pe...

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CASE AND RESEARCH LETTERS Chromoblastomycosis: Response to Combination Therapy With Cryotherapy and Terbinafine

Chromomycosis or chromoblastomycosis is a chronic deep skin mycosis that affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue and is caused by fungi from the Dematiaceae family, which are imperfect fungi that produce pigments similar to melanin. Several species are known to cause chromoblastomycosis; all have low virulence and produce similar clinical manifestations. The most common species is Fonsecaea pe...

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CASE AND RESEARCH LETTERS Chromoblastomycosis: Response to Combination Therapy With Cryotherapy and Terbinafine

Chromomycosis or chromoblastomycosis is a chronic deep skin mycosis that affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue and is caused by fungi from the Dematiaceae family, which are imperfect fungi that produce pigments similar to melanin. Several species are known to cause chromoblastomycosis; all have low virulence and produce similar clinical manifestations. The most common species is Fonsecaea pe...

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CASE AND RESEARCH LETTERS Chromoblastomycosis: Response to Combination Therapy With Cryotherapy and Terbinafine

Chromomycosis or chromoblastomycosis is a chronic deep skin mycosis that affects the skin and subcutaneous tissue and is caused by fungi from the Dematiaceae family, which are imperfect fungi that produce pigments similar to melanin. Several species are known to cause chromoblastomycosis; all have low virulence and produce similar clinical manifestations. The most common species is Fonsecaea pe...

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Alternate week and combination itraconazole and terbinafine therapy for chromoblastomycosis caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi in Brazil.

Patients with long-standing chromoblastomycosis may respond poorly to standard treatments such as amphotericin B, oral antifungals, surgical measures or thermotherapy. The objective of this study was to determine the potential of alternate week and combination therapy with itraconazole and terbinafine in the treatment of poorly responsive, or non-responsive, chromoblastomycosis. Four patients w...

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Chromoblastomycosis: Response to Combination Therapy With Cryotherapy and Terbinafine

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