Mycetoma caused by Acremonium falciforme: successful treatment with itraconazole.
Mycetoma has not been previously reported in Korea. A case of mycetoma caused by Acremonium falciforme in a 72-year-old man is described. The patient had a single, large, well-demarcated, erythematous, swollen, black, escharlike lesion and three small satellite lesions on his right temporal area. He was treated with itraconazole, and all lesions healed with residual scars in 70 days.
Lee
M W
MW
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Korea.
Kim
J C
JC
Choi
J S
JS
Kim
K H
KH
Greer
D L
DL
D000164:Acremonium; D000368:Aged; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D017964:Itraconazole