Medicine:Alternariosis

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Alternariosis
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A 69-year-old female with alternariosis in her left forearm and electron micrograph of her skin showing sporangiophores of Lichtheimia corymbifera[citation needed]

Alternariosis is an infection by Alternaria, presenting cutaneously as focal, ulcerated papules and plaques.[1]:330 Treatment with itraconazole has been reported.[2]

See also

  • Skin lesion

References

  1. James, William D. et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0. 
  2. "Cutaneous alternariosis in an adolescent patient". Pediatr Dermatol 27 (1): 98–100. January 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.01056.x. PMID 20199426. 

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