Abstract
A 14-year-old girl with a granulomatous infection of the cheek caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis is described. Treatment successively consisted of itraconazole and/or terbinafine for 19 months, after which clinical and mycologic cure seemed to be obtained. However, a relapse occurred 10 months later.
MeSH terms
-
Adolescent
-
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
-
Dermatomycoses / complications*
-
Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
-
Dermatomycoses / microbiology
-
Female
-
Granuloma / etiology
-
Granuloma / microbiology*
-
Granuloma / pathology
-
Humans
-
Itraconazole / therapeutic use
-
Mitosporic Fungi*
-
Naphthalenes / therapeutic use
-
Skin / microbiology*
-
Skin / pathology
-
Skin Diseases, Infectious / etiology
-
Skin Diseases, Infectious / microbiology*
-
Skin Diseases, Infectious / pathology
-
Terbinafine
Substances
-
Antifungal Agents
-
Naphthalenes
-
Itraconazole
-
Terbinafine