[Sporotrichosis--fixed cutaneous and lymphocutaneous form].
Two patients were infected with sporotrichosis; one had the fixed cutaneous form, the other the lymphocutaneous form. Sporotrichosis schenckii was identified in both with a culture from a tissue biopsy. Both patients were successfully treated with itraconazole, one received 100 mg and the other 200 mg itraconazole daily over a 3 months period.
Köhler
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Abteilung Dermatologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
Weber
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Gall
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Peter
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RU
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole