Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Oct 1992)

Entomoftoromicose rinofacial por Conidiobolus coronatus: registro de um caso tratado com sucesso pelo fluconazol Rhinofacial entomophthoro-mycosis caused by Conidiobolus coronatus: report of a case successfully treated with fluconazole

  • Luiz Gonzaga de Castro e Souza Filho,
  • Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico,
  • Alberto Salebian,
  • Elisabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari,
  • Luiz Guilherme Martins de Castro,
  • Mirian Nacagami Sotto,
  • Carlos da Silva Lacaz,
  • José Eduardo Costa Martins,
  • Suzana Lu Chen Wu,
  • Luiz Carlos Cucé

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651992000500018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 5
pp. 483 – 487

Abstract

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É descrito um caso de entomoftoromicose rinofacial por Conidiobolus coronatus, em paciente procedente de São Paulo (Capital), tratado com sucesso pelo fluconazol, por via oral, através terapêutica prolongada. Dados histopatológicos e micológicos confirmaram o diagnóstico.A case of rhinofacial entomophthoromycosis caused by Conidiobolus coronatus is reported in a 30 years old male from São Paulo, Brazil. The patient was successfully treated with oral fluconazole in a prolonged regimen. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological and mycological data.

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