title: Successful treatment of subcutaneous mycoses with fluconazole: a report of two cases.
abstract: Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis and chromoblastomycosis are subcutaneous mycoses caused by traumatic implantation of the fungus into the skin. Medical treatments for chromoblastomycosis has been disappointing, while lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis usually responds well to iodides. Here we present a case of chromomycosis and a case of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis. Both patients were treated successfully with fluconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole