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ReviewMycopathologia2015

Cutaneous Chromoblastomycosis Caused by Veronaea botryosa in a Patient with Pemphigus Vulgaris and Review of Published Reports.

Cheng-Yao Zhu, Yan-Ping Yang, Ping Sheng, Wen Li, Wen-Ming Huang, Yi-Ming Fan

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Review in Mycopathologia, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng-Yao ZhuDepartment of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, 524001, Guangdong, China.
Yan-Ping Yang
Ping Sheng
Wen Li
Wen-Ming Huang
Yi-Ming Fan
Guangdong Medical College · CNAffiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical College Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromoblastomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis represent two poles of a disease spectrum caused by melanized fungi. Veronaea botryosa belongs to a small genus of saprobic fungi that occasionally cause human infections. To date, 11 cases of V. botryosa-induced cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis have been actually reported since 1990 after exclusion of 2 duplicated cases. We report the first case to our knowledge of cutaneous chromoblastomycosis caused by V. botryosa in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris. A 61-year-old man with 5-year history of pemphigus vulgaris and long-term treatment of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents developed multiple nodules on the dorsum of right wrist and hand after wrist trauma. Skin biopsy showed numerous brown muriform cells and a few septate hyphae in the tissue. Veronaea botryosa was isolated from the biopsy samples and then identified based on morphologic observation and DNA sequencing. The patient underwent immediate withdrawal of cyclophosphamide and gradual decrease in prednisone. Skin lesions healed after 5-month itraconazole therapy with an interval of 1-month terbinafine and one cycle of liquid nitrogen cryotherapy. Our results demonstrate that V. botryosa could induce both chromoblastomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis. Combined use of itraconazole and cryotherapy may be preferable to treat this infection.

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Antifungal AgentsAscomycotaBiopsyChromoblastomycosisCryotherapyDermatomycosesHandHistocytochemistryHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsItraconazoleMaleMicroscopyMiddle AgedMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesMolecular Sequence DataAntifungal AgentsImmunosuppressive AgentsItraconazoleNaphthalenesTerbinafine

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PMID25821930
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