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Treatment of chromomycosis with ketoconazole and 5-fluorocytosine
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|February 1, 1983
Abstract:
Chromomycosis is a disfiguring cutaneous mycosis that is often recalcitrant to therapy. We describe a case of chromomycosis of the lower extremities that is being successfully treated with ketoconazole and 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) after treatment with ketoconazole alone had failed. In vitro studies showed that the drugs acted synergistically against the strain of Fonsecaea pedrosoi which was isolated from the patient's lesion.