Abstract
We report a case of primary cutaneous infection by Aspergillus fumigatus in a 19-year-old immunocompetent woman. She developed pruritic erythematous papules on the frontal and temporal scalp area and pubic area. The lesions rapidly progressed to ulcers with central black eschars and pus drainage. The diagnosis of Aspergillus fumigatus infection was established by the mycologic study of cultures from wound exudate and histopatholosic examination of the skin lesion. The skin lesions were improved after 5 weeks of antifungal therapy with oral itraconazole (200 mg/day). Five months later, the skin lesions had healed, leaving some scar.
Keywords
Immunocompetent Itraconazole Primary cutaneous aspergillosis
KJMM
1996 December;1(1):107-111(5). Epub 2016 February 25
Copyright © 1996 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
Language
Korean/English
Author
Min Soo Lee; Department of Dermatology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea
Ki Ho Kim; Department of Dermatology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea
Young Gil Lee; Department of Clinical Pathology, Dong-A University, Hospital, Pusan, Korea
Corresponding
Min Soo Lee, Department of Dermatology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
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Acknowledgements
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Min Soo Lee
Department of Dermatology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea
Ki Ho Kim
Department of Dermatology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea
Young Gil Lee
Department of Clinical Pathology, Dong-A University, Hospital, Pusan, Korea
