Granulomatous skin infection caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis.
A 14-year-old girl with a granulomatous infection of the cheek caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis is described. Treatment successively consisted of itraconazole and/or terbinafine for 19 months, after which clinical and mycologic cure seemed to be obtained. However, a relapse occurred 10 months later.
Department of Dermatology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, The Netherlands.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000077291:Terbinafine
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D017964:Itraconazole; D000077291:Terbinafine