George Leni, Dincy Peter, Chopra Manu, Agarwala Manoj, Maheswaran S, Deodhar Divya, Rupali Priscilla, Thomas Meera, Pulimood Susanne
Department of Dermatology, Christian Medical College, India.
Trop Doct. 2013 Jul;43(3):110-2. doi: 10.1177/0049475513493414.
Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous disorder, caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi endemic in India and Sri Lanka. The most common sites are the nasal mucosa and the nasopharynx and cutaneous lesions usually occur as a part of disseminated rhinosporidiosis. Dapsone has been frequently used in treating disseminated disease in immunocompetent individuals. Here we report a case of disseminated rhinosporidiosis in an immunocompromised individual on antiretroviral drugs, non-responsive to Dapsone and therefore treated with a multidrug therapy of Cycloserine, Dapsone and Ketoconazole with good response.