alternariosis

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| caption = A 69-year-old female with alternariosis in her left forearm and electron micrograph of her skin showing sporangiophores of Lichtheimia corymbifera.

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Alternariosis is an infection by Alternaria, presenting cutaneously as focal, ulcerated papules and plaques.{{cite book |author =James, William D. |author2 =Berger, Timothy G. |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology |publisher=Saunders Elsevier |year=2006 |isbn=0-7216-2921-0 |display-authors=etal}}{{rp|330}} Treatment with itraconazole has been reported.{{cite journal |vauthors =Matson DR, Eudy JD, Matson SC |title=Cutaneous alternariosis in an adolescent patient |journal=Pediatr Dermatol |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=98–100 |date=January 2010 |pmid=20199426 |doi=10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.01056.x |s2cid=19644216 }}