title: Cladophialophora carrionii: a rare agent of chromoblastomycosis in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.
abstract: A 73 year-old male farm laborer from a rural area presented a 15 year history of extensive tumoral lesions over his left leg. Histological studies of skin biopsy showed pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia and granulomatous chronic inflammatory process with muriform cells, confirming chromoblastomycosis (CBM). Cladophialophora carrionii was isolated in culture. Treatment with itraconazole 400 mg/day for 12 months resulted in complete remission of lesions. As far we aware, this is the first case report of CBM caused by Cladophialophora carrionii in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. marcelle.figueiredo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Marcelle de F
authors.initials: Mde F
authors.lastname: Mouchalouat
authors.forename: Maria Clara G
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Galhardo
authors.forename: Paulo Cezar Monteiro
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Fialho
authors.forename: Janice Mery C de Oliveira
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Rosely Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Zancopé-Oliveira
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos F do
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Valle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole