Granulomatous skin infection caused by Scopulariopsis brevicaulis

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1998 Aug;39(2 Pt 2):365-7. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70392-5.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

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