Cutaneous chromomycosis in renal transplant recipients. Successful management in two cases.

Abstract

Cutaneous chromomycosis occurred in two renal transplant recipients from the south central United States. Both patients have been managed successfully with surgical excision of isolated lesions, and the condition of one of these has been improved but not cured with low-dose ketoconazole therapy. Even in the immunocompromised host, localized cutaneous chromomycosis may not require more aggressive systemic antifungal chemotherapy.

• Authors: P A Wackym, G F Gray Jr, R E Richie, C R Gregg
• Journal: Archives of internal medicine (Arch Intern Med) Vol. 145 Issue 6 Pg. 1036-7 (Jun 1985) ISSN: 0003-9926 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3890788 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ketoconazole

Topics

• Abscess (surgery)
• Adult
• Child
• Chromoblastomycosis (drug therapy, etiology, surgery)
• Female
• Granuloma (surgery)
• Humans
• Ketoconazole (therapeutic use)
• Kidney Transplantation
• Leg
• Postoperative Complications (drug therapy, surgery)