title: Facial chromoblastomycosis in sub-Himalayan region misdiagnosed as cutaneous leishmaniasis: brief report and review of Indian literature.
abstract: Cases of chromoblastomycosis, although not uncommon, have rarely been reported in the literature from our region. These are usually misdiagnosed as cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis because we reside in an endemic region for this disease. We present herein patients with facial chromoblastomycosis. They were treated with long-term sodium stibogluconate, but showed no response to therapy. A biopsy revealed these to be cases of chromoblastomycosis, after which the patients were started on antifungal agents. There was marked improvement after the correct treatment was initiated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Santwana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Ghanshyam K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Gagandeep
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanga
authors.forename: Vinita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gautam
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017679:Cryotherapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole