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Esporotricosis - Treatment

Tratamiento:

La infección cutánea se trata con un medicamento antimicótico, llamado itraconazol. Este medicamento se toma por vía oral y se continúa por dos a cuatro semanas después de que las lesiones en la piel hayan desaparecido. Es posible que se tenga que tomar el medicamento por 3 a 6 meses.

El fluconazol se emplea en pacientes que no reaccionan favorablemente al itraconazol. La infección diseminada o sistémica a menudo se trata con amfotericina B o, algunas veces, itraconazol. La terapia para la enfermedad sistémica puede durar hasta 12 meses.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

Con tratamiento, se puede esperar una recuperación total. La esporotricosis diseminada es más difícil de tratar, requiere fármacos quimioterapéuticos y es potencialmente mortal para personas con un sistema inmunitario comprometido.

Complicaciones:

En personas con un sistema inmunitario normal:

  • Molestia
  • Infecciones secundarias en la piel (como estafilococos o estreptococos)

En personas que están inmunodeprimidas:

  • Artritis
  • Infección del hueso
  • Complicaciones de los medicamentos; la amfotericina B puede tener efectos secundarios serios
  • Problemas respiratorios y pulmonares (como neumonía)
  • Meningitis
  • Enfermedad generalizada (diseminada)

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Solicite una cita con el médico si presenta protuberancias en la piel persistentes o úlceras cutáneas. Si usted sabe que ha estado expuesto a la vegetación, coméntele esto al médico.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/25/2010
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, PHD, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Kauffman CA. Sporotrichosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 358.

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