Cutaneous Alternariosis With Mixed Infection of Candida albicans

Abstract

A case of cutaneous alternariosis with superinfection of<i>Candida albicans</i>, treated successfully with natamycin, is reported, and six cases of alternariosis from the literature are reviewed.<i>Alternaria</i>organisms have long been recognized as nonpathogenic for man. However,<i>Alternaria</i>is capable of growing in the keratin and can occasionally serve as a human pathogen. Alternariosis is characterized by crusted ulcerated lesions in exposed areas.