Entomoftoromicose rinofacial por Conidiobolus coronatus: registro de um caso tratado com sucesso pelo fluconazol Rhinofacial entomophthoro-mycosis caused by Conidiobolus coronatus: report of a case successfully treated with fluconazole

• Main Authors: Luiz Gonzaga de Castro e Souza Filho, Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico, Alberto Salebian, Elisabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari, Luiz Guilherme Martins de Castro, Mirian Nacagami Sotto, Carlos da Silva Lacaz, José Eduardo Costa Martins, Suzana Lu Chen Wu, Luiz Carlos Cucé
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1992-10-01
• Series: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Subjects: Conidiobolomicose; Conidiobolus coronatus; Fluconazol
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651992000500018
• ISSN: 0036-4665; 1678-9946

É descrito um caso de entomoftoromicose rinofacial por Conidiobolus coronatus, em paciente procedente de São Paulo (Capital), tratado com sucesso pelo fluconazol, por via oral, através terapêutica prolongada. Dados histopatológicos e micológicos confirmaram o diagnóstico.<br>A case of rhinofacial entomophthoromycosis caused by Conidiobolus coronatus is reported in a 30 years old male from São Paulo, Brazil. The patient was successfully treated with oral fluconazole in a prolonged regimen. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathological and mycological data.