Screening the keratinolytic activity of dermatophytes in vitro |
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Authors: | Krystyna Wawrzkiewicz Tadeusz Wolski Jerzy Łobarzewski |
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Affiliation: | (1) Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual Francisco Morato de Oliveira, Brasil;(2) Laboratório de Micologia Médica, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo e Laboratório de Investigação Médica, No. 53 - Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Univesidade de São Paulo, Brasil;(3) Complexo Hospitalar de Guarulhos, Sao Paulo;(4) Divisão de Tisiologia e Pneumologia Sanitária, Laboratório de Micologia Medica, Instituto Clemente Ferreira, São Paulo;(5) Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Serviço de Dermatologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Brasil;(6) Rua José Maria Lisboa, 558-5 Andar (Jardim Paulista), CEP-01423 São Paulo, Brasil |
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Abstract: | A case of rhinofacial zygomycosis with of years duration, caused by Conidiobolus coronatus is described. The patient, a 72-years-old woman, presented with a bilateral distortion of the subcutaneous tissue and disfigurement of the face. Treatment with ketoconazole and potasium iodide did not prevent several relapses. At present she is still under treatment with fluconazole with clinical healing. Histopathological and mycological examination confirmed the dermatological diagnosis. An increasing number of cases of zygomycosis caused by fungi of the order Entomophthorales have also been reported in the Northern and Northeastern States of Brazil. |
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Keywords: | Conidiobolus coronatus Brazil microconidiophores multiplicative conidia papilla zygomycosis |
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