Problemas clínicos en micología médica: problema número 53 |
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Institution: | 1. Unidad de Micología, Hospital de Infecciosas Francisco Javier Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina;2. División B, HIV-Sida, Hospital de Infecciosas Francisco Javier Muñiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina;1. Jeonju AgroBio-Materials Institute, Jeonju-si, Republic of Korea;2. National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon-gun, Republic of Korea;1. Laboratório de Micologia, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;2. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatologia Infecciosa, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;1. Department of Microbiology, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, ISGLOBAL, Barcelona, Spain;2. Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain;3. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain |
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Abstract: | A 21 year-old man, HIV infected, and with poor adherence to antiretroviral treatment, consulted us due to a papular rash on trunk and extremities, showing simultaneously hypochromic stains on his back. He was afebrile and hemodynamically stable. In the mycological study of the clinical samples taken from different lesions, yeasts compatible with Malassezia were observed. Oral itraconazole was prescribed, with an excellent clinical response. Finding the same etiolologic agent in 2 different clinical pictures on a single patient is extremely rare. |
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Keywords: | Pitiriasis Folliculitis |
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