Korean J Dermatol.
1992 Jun;30(3):393-397.
An infantile case of fixed-type sporotrichosis treated withitraconazole
Abstract
- We report a case of fixed-type sporotrichosis in a 12-month-old infant, who presented with a well-defined scaly erythematous patch on the right lateral nasal root area of approximately 2.5 months duration. Hiopsy revealed pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia with chronic granulomatous inflammation in dermis and PAS-positive fungal spores in the stroma. Sporothrix schenckii was identified with fungal culture of biopsy specimen. The lesion was responded to treatment. with itraconazole(3mg/kg) for 12 weeks, without relapse at 5-month follow-up.
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