Disseminated cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to Cladophialophora bantiana.
Cladophialophora bantiana is a neurotropic dematiaceous fungus which only rarely affects the skin. We report a case of disseminated cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana in an immunocompromised female who presented with multiple pyogenic granuloma-like nodules, dermatophytosis-like plaque, and subcutaneous cysts on the upper and lower extremities without systemic involvement. Biopsy revealed black yeasts resembling sclerotic bodies and culture yielded irregular, velvety, grey colonies with black reverse. Excision of the nodules and treatment with oral itraconazole 100 mg twice daily resulted in complete clinical resolution within two months, following which itraconazole was administered for another 4 months.
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Govt Medical College, Kozhikode, India.
Anza
A
Khader
Betsy
B
Ambooken
Manikoth Payyanadan
MP
Binitha
Saji
S
Francis
Ashokan K
AK
Kuttiyil
Deepthi Nalini
DN
Sureshan
D000328:Adult; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host / Q000276:immunology; D060446:Phaeohyphomycosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology