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Disseminated subcutaneous nodules caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in an atopic patient.

Enshaieh SH, Darougheh A, Asilian A, Iraji F, Shahmoradi Z, Yoosephi A, Davami M, Siadat AH, Vaez A

Department of Dermatology, St-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University School Of Medicine, Isfahan, Iran.

We present a 40-year-old woman with atopic dermatitis and multiple purulent subcutaneous nodules of 20 years' evolution. The biopsy material was cultured and revealed Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient was treated with oral itraconazole for 4 months and incision and drainage of the lesions. Afterwards the patient remained asymptomatic and no new lesions were detected.

Published 14 March 2006 in Int J Dermatol, 45(3): 289-91.
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