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

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• 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 in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1992
• Subjects: Conidiobolomicose; Conidiobolus coronatus; Fluconazol; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651992000500018; https://doaj.org/article/5b0f778a0c824ecab558d146ad460737

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. 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.