Cutaneous cryptococcosis successfully treated with itraconazole.

Abstract

I report on a patient with primary cryptococcosis that was successfully treated with oral itraconazole. A seventy-year-old laborer with primary cutaneous cryptococcosis presented with a large verrucous plaque with abscess on his right forearm. His infection was probably due to direct inoculation of the fungus from trauma. This patient was probably immunosuppressed by long-term treatment with systemic steroids, which he took for treatment of chronic obstructive airway disease. His cryptococcosis cleared with a six-month course of oral itraconazole 200 mg daily. The patient experienced no side effects during treatment.

• Authors: C L Goh
• Journal: Cutis (Cutis) Vol. 51 Issue 5 Pg. 377-80 (May 1993) ISSN: 0011-4162 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8390341 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• Itraconazole
• Ketoconazole

Topics

• Administration, Oral
• Aged
• Antifungal Agents (therapeutic use)
• Cryptococcosis (drug therapy)
• Dermatomycoses (drug therapy)
• Humans
• Itraconazole
• Ketoconazole (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
• Male
• Treatment Outcome