Photodynamic therapy combined with antifungal drugs against chromoblastomycosis and the effect of ALA-PDT on Fonsecaea in vitro.

• Main Authors: Yongxuan Hu (Author), Xinyu Qi (Author), Hengbiao Sun (Author), Yan Lu (Author), Yanqing Hu (Author), Xuyang Chen (Author), Kangxing Liu (Author), Yemei Yang (Author), Zuhao Mao (Author), Zhong Wu (Author), Xianyi Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic skin and subcutaneous fungal infection caused by dematiaceous fungi and is associated with low cure and high relapse rates. In southern China, Fonsecaea monophora and Fonsecaea pedrosoi are the main causative agents. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We treated 5 refract...