Treatment of severe chromoblastomycosis with itraconazole and 5-flucytosine association

Abstract

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic human melanized fungi infection of the subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic inoculation of a specific group of dematiaceous fungi through the skin, often found in barefooted agricultural workers, in tropical and subtropical climate countries. We report the case of a male patient presenting a slow-growing pruriginous lesion on the limbs for 20 years, mistreated over that time, which was diagnosed and successfully treated as chromoblastomycosis. Besides the prevalence of this disease, treatment is still a clinical challenge.

Keywords

• Chromoblastomycosis
• Itraconazole
• 5-Flucytosine
• Subcutaneous mycoses