Treatment of Chromoblastomycosis Due to Fonsecaea pedrosui With Low-Dose Terbinafine

Chromoblastomycosis, or chromomycosis, is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by a species of dematiaceous fungi. We present a patient with chromoblastomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi, who was treated with 8 months of terbinafine 250 mg by mouth daily with histologic and mycologic cure.