[First case of subcutaneous phycomycosis seen in Gabon and treated successfully with ketoconazole].

Abstract

First observation of subcutaneous phycomycosis observed in Gabon. Diagnosis was made by histological study. Biopsy permitted isolation of B. haptosporus. Sensitivity in vitro against ketoconazole was 1 microgram/ml. The patient cured with 33 g of ketoconazole in 84 days.

• Authors: M A Piens, C Garin, D Richard-Lenoble, J P Garin
• Journal: Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales (Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales) Vol. 78 Issue 2 Pg. 170-8 ( 1985) France
• Vernacular Title: Premier cas de phycomycose sous-cutanée observée au Gabon et traitée avec succès par kétoconazole.
• PMID: 4028309 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Ketoconazole

Topics

• Adult
• Dermatomycoses (drug therapy, microbiology, pathology)
• Female
• Fungi
• Gabon
• Humans
• Ketoconazole (therapeutic use)