A case of chromomycosis successfully treated with topical hyperthermia.

Takahashi, Yasuji; Kurosawa, Tsutae; Mohri, Shinobu; Iemoto, Gaijiroh; Iiyoshi, Eriko; Nakajima, Hiroshi

doi:10.3314/jjmm1960.30.191

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“…It is well known that topical heat therapy is a effective in the treatment of chromomycosis. 9,10 As Takahashi et al 11 have reported, topical heat therapy is known not only to affect the fungus directly, but to increase immune responses (cell mediated, humoral, and nonspecific) in the host. Recent reports have documented the efficacy of heat therapy combined with the administration of systemic oral antifungal drugs.…”

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Successful treatment of chromomycosis using carbon dioxide laser associated with topical heat applications

Hira

Yamada

Takahashi

et al. 2002

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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A 59-year-old Japanese man presented with a slightly elevated, pruritic, erythematous plaque on his left buttock measuring 5 x 5 cm in diameter. The man had a history of chromomycosis, dating 6 years prior to the current consultation, for which he had been treated with oral terbinafine. Diagnosis of a recurrence of chromomycosis of the skin due to infection by Foncecaea pedrosoi was made after careful analysis of the clinical features, skin biopsy, KOH mounts, and fungal culture results. We administered topical heat therapy followed by treatment with CO2 laser to eradicate the unresponsive remnants of the lesion. The operative site re-epithelized within 10 weeks, and 1 year after the treatment there was no evidence of recurrence. For a recalcitrant case of chromomycosis, as in this case, the use of CO2 laser combined with topical heat therapy may be a new therapeutic modality.

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Section: Topical Heat Therapymentioning

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Successful treatment of chromomycosis using carbon dioxide laser associated with topical heat applications

Hira

Yamada

Takahashi

et al. 2002

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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“…Therefore, the effects of local heat therapy in treating chromoblastomycosis may not only depend on its direct impact on the fungus. Enhancement of local immunity against the fungal infection, as proposed by Takahashi et al ., probably plays an important role. Additionally, increasing the temperature of the local environment may cause denaturation of skin proteins such as keratin and collagen, which may impede adherence of the fungus to epithelial tissue and prevent its further growth.…”

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Cutaneous chromoblastomycosis effectively treated with local heat monotherapy

Huang

Lan

2018

Clin Exp Dermatol

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A case of chromomycosis successfully treated with topical hyperthermia.

Cited by 2 publications

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Successful treatment of chromomycosis using carbon dioxide laser associated with topical heat applications

Successful treatment of chromomycosis using carbon dioxide laser associated with topical heat applications

Cutaneous chromoblastomycosis effectively treated with local heat monotherapy

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