title: Successful treatment of relapsing disseminated coccidioidomycosis with cutaneous involvement with posaconazole.
abstract: A 52-year-old woman with pulmonary sarcoidosis on immunosuppressive therapy developed pulmonary infiltrates and cutaneous granulomatous abscesses after a trip to the USA in April 2005. A hyphomycete was identified, further characterized by a gene probe as Coccidioides spp. and then definitively identified as Coccidioides posadasii by polymerase chain reaction and sequencing. Antibodies towards Coccidioides spp. were detected. The infection was successfully treated with posaconazole (Noxafil), 2 x 400 mg/d.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Dresden-Friedrichstadt Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Technical University, Dresden Germany. wollina-uw@khdf.de
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wollina
authors.forename: Gesina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hansel
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vennewald
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schönlebe
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tintelnot
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seibold
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kittner