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Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis of the sole caused by Exophiala jeanselmei and its susceptibility to amphotericin B, 5-FC and ketaoconazole

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Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis due to E. jeanselmei developed on the sole of a 61 years old Japanese female who was receiving the corticoids therapy for nephrotic syndrome. Although the causative fungus was resistant to 5-fluorocytosine, amphotericin B and ketoconazole, the lesion was successfully treated by surgical excision.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, 520-21, Otsu, Japan

    M. Hironaga, T. Mochizuki & S. Watanabe

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Hironaga, M., Mochizuki, T. & Watanabe, S. Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis of the sole caused by Exophiala jeanselmei and its susceptibility to amphotericin B, 5-FC and ketaoconazole. Mycopathologia 79, 101–104 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00468086

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