Heat Therapy as an Excellent Adjuvant Treatment for Severe Chromoblastomycosis: A Case Report

Lusiana, Rizky Prayogo, Rahadi Rihatmadja, Sandra Widaty, Sri Menaldi, Eliza Miranda

2018

Abstract

Chromoblastomycosis is a subcutaneous infection commonly found in tropical and subtropical areas, caused by dark-pigmented fungi (Dematiaceae). The disease is most frequently observed in extremities with previous history of trauma and is associated with agricultural occupation. It is characterized by a clinical presentation of verrucous nodule or plaque, muriform bodies on direct smear and histopathological examination and slow growing, black-brown colony on the culture. It has been reported that several treatment options for chromoblastomycosis are studied with varied cure rate, both physical therapy and systemic antifungal drugs. Heat therapy was a method that applies heat to the lesion thereby inhibit the growth of fungi. Here we report a severe chromoblastomycosis case which had combination treatment of heat therapy and itraconazole and showed favourable outcome.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lusiana., Prayogo R., Rihatmadja R., Widaty S., Menaldi S. and Miranda E. (2018). Heat Therapy as an Excellent Adjuvant Treatment for Severe Chromoblastomycosis: A Case Report.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 406-410. DOI: 10.5220/0008158504060410

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Lusiana and Rizky Prayogo and Rahadi Rihatmadja and Sandra Widaty and Sri Menaldi and Eliza Miranda},
title={Heat Therapy as an Excellent Adjuvant Treatment for Severe Chromoblastomycosis: A Case Report},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={406-410},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008158504060410},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - Heat Therapy as an Excellent Adjuvant Treatment for Severe Chromoblastomycosis: A Case Report
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Lusiana.
AU - Prayogo R.
AU - Rihatmadja R.
AU - Widaty S.
AU - Menaldi S.
AU - Miranda E.
PY - 2018
SP - 406
EP - 410
DO - 10.5220/0008158504060410