[First case of subcutaneous phycomycosis seen in Gabon and treated successfully with ketoconazole]

First observation of subcutaneous phycomycosis observed in Gabon. Diagnosis was made by histological study. Biopsy permitted isolation of B. haptosporus. Sensitivity in vitro against ketoconazole was 1 microgram/ml. The patient cured with 33 g of ketoconazole in 84 days.