[Experience in the treatment of patients with chromomycosis]

Three cases of chromomycosis, a disease rare in this country, are described. The authors analyze the difficulties associated with the diagnosis of this disease and review the methods of its treatment. All the patients reported in this paper have been administered polychemotherapy including intrafocal injections of amphotericin B (an antimycotic drug), iodine preparations, vitamin D2, and nizoral. This therapy has been effective in all the cases. The employed mode of administration of amphotericin B (injections round the infection focus) helps create a high concentration of the drug in the involved skin sites, resolve the nearby foci, and rules out the general reactions. Combined therapy cuts down the length of treatment.