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Case Reports
. 1985;78(2):170-8.

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

[Article in French]
M A Piens, C Garin, D Richard-Lenoble, J P Garin
  • PMID: 4028309
Case Reports

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

[Article in French]
M A Piens et al. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1985.

Abstract

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.

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