Cutaneous Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Alternaria alternata Unresponsive to Itra...

• Autor(es): Gomes, J ; Vilarinho, C ; Duarte, ML ; Brito, C
• Data: 2011
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/383
• Origem: Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
• Assunto(s): Dermatomicoses; Itraconazol; Alternaria
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Cutaneous alternariosis is an opportunistic infection that has been described mainly in patients treated with corticosteroids. We report a case of dermal alternariosis occurring in a woman treated with corticosteroids after a neurosurgery that was unresponsive to itraconazole. Treatment with intravenous voriconazole was initiated, followed by oral protocol, with marked improvement of the lesions.