Cutaneous cryptococcosis successfully treated with itraconazole.
I report on a patient with primary cryptococcosis that was successfully treated with oral itraconazole. A seventy-year-old laborer with primary cutaneous cryptococcosis presented with a large verrucous plaque with abscess on his right forearm. His infection was probably due to direct inoculation of the fungus from trauma. This patient was probably immunosuppressed by long-term treatment with systemic steroids, which he took for treatment of chronic obstructive airway disease. His cryptococcosis cleared with a six-month course of oral itraconazole 200 mg daily. The patient experienced no side effects during treatment.
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National Skin Centre, Singapore.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D007654:Ketoconazole