Successful treatment of chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis caused by azole-resistant Candida albicans with posaconazole.

ABSTRACT: Refractory or recurrent infections of skin, nails, and the mucous membranes are clinical signs of chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, frequently associated with immunological defects. Here we describe a 39-years-old female patient, with familial CMC, that presented with an extensive infection caused by an azole-resistant Candida albicans isolate, successfully treated with posaconazole.

SUBMITTER: Firinu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3003968 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature