Treatment of Chromomycosis.

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  • Naka Wataru
    Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine

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  • 黒色真菌感染症の治療

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Treatment of chromomycosis is reviewed with attention to the new antifungal agents, itraconazole, fluconazole and terbinafine.<br>The treatment has been difficult and unsatisfactory. Numerous approaches have been used, including surgery, local thermotherapy and oral flucytosine administration. These therapies are frequently discouraged because of recurrence, ugly scar after surgery, difficulty in applying thermotherapy to certain areas or side effects.<br>Although experience with new antifungal agents in the treatment of patients with chromomycosis is still limited, these drugs have shown relatively good results. Given the low incidence of side effects compared with other available treatments, they should be considered early in the treatment of this condition.<br>Further development of new antifungal agents effective for intractable chromomycosis and establishment of immunotherapies are anticipated.

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