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Basidiobolomycosis: a case report
A L Bittencourt1, S M Arruda, J A de Andrade
1Department of Pathology, Hospital Univ. Prof. Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.
Pediatric Dermatology
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of subcutaneous entomophthoromycosis caused by Basidiobolus haptosporus in a five year-old child was presented. The case has unusual aspects: extensive ulceration, caseation necrosis and a lack of response to potassium iodide. The lesion was cured using an association of potassium iodide and ketoconazole.