Scytalidium hyalinum infection diagnosed in Spain.
Scytalidium hyalinum infection of the soles and toe webs was diagnosed in a 40-year-old male immigrant to Spain from Equatorial Guinea. Short courses of therapy with oral ketoconazole (Nizoral) 400 mg day-1 and topical clotrimazole (Canesten) failed to improve the condition.
D000328:Adult; D000350:Africa, Central / Q000208:ethnology; D003022:Clotrimazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013030:Spain
D003022:Clotrimazole; D007654:Ketoconazole