Posaconazole treatment of refractory eumycetoma and chromoblastomycosis Tratamento com posaconazol de casos de cromoblastomicose e micetoma maduromicótico resistentes a outros antifúngicos

Eumycetoma and chromoblastomycosis are chronic, disfiguring fungal infections of the subcutaneous tissue that rarely resolve spontaneously. Most patients do not achieve sustained long-term benefits from available treatments; therefore, new therapeutic options are needed. We evaluated the efficacy of...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Negroni, Angela Tobón, Beatriz Bustamante, Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda, Hernando Patino, Angela Restrepo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2005-12-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652005000600006