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A Therapeutic Dilemma

Donald A. Romig, MD; Douglas W. Voth, MD; Chien Liu, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1972;130(6):910-912.

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The frequency of potentially dangerous fungal infections during gestation is unknown, and there is little information which documents the effects of such infections, with or without treatment, on the mother and the fetus. Disseminated coccidioidomycosis^1,2 and cryptococcal meningitis³ have been reported during pregnancy. Mohr and Muchmore have described a persistent infection due to Allescheria boydii which improved during each of three pregnancies.⁴ Plauche⁵ reported an infection of the right leg due to Sporotrichum schenckii, developing before conception and lasting until after delivery.

This report presents our observations on a young housewife who developed facial sporotrichosis during the first trimester of pregnancy. Local applications of heat appeared to be beneficial, and healing ensued without drug therapy.

Report of a Case

A 22-year-old white woman was admitted to the University of Kansas Medical Center on June 23,1968, for evaluation of a facial lesion. She had been well until . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Kansas City, Kan

From the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City.

Footnotes
Received for publication Sept 22, 1971; accepted Feb 25, 1972.

Reprint requests to Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Kansas Medical Center, Rainbow Blvd at 39th St, Kansas City, 66103 (Dr. Romig).

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