title: Lobomycosis successfully treated with posaconazole.
abstract: Lobomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous mycosis for which no standard treatment is available to date. We describe a patient in Peru with lobomycosis on the left earlobe that was successfully treated with posaconazole for 27 months. No evidence of recurrence was observed after five years of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Tropicales y Dermatológicas, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. ana.bustamante@upch.pe
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bustamante
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seas
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salomon
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bravo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D060367:Lacazia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D060368:Lobomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014230:Triazoles; C101425:posaconazole
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