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

• Author(s): Gomes, J ; Vilarinho, C ; Duarte, ML ; Brito, C
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.23/383
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Hospital de Braga
• Subject(s): Dermatomicoses; Itraconazol; Alternaria
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

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.