title: [Sporotrichosis--fixed cutaneous and lymphocutaneous form].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Dermatologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.forename: R U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole