Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis

Nannizzia polymorpha is a dermatophyte that rarely infects humans. We describe 2 case-patients from Asia who had an inflammatory type of tinea capitis and tinea manuum caused by infection with this fungus. The diagnosis was confirmed on the basis of the morphologic and molecular characteristics of t...

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Autores principales: Sun, Pei-Lun, Chi, Ching-Chi, Shih, I-Hsin, Fan, Yun-Chen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10310374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37347824
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2907.230477
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author Sun, Pei-Lun
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description Nannizzia polymorpha is a dermatophyte that rarely infects humans. We describe 2 case-patients from Asia who had an inflammatory type of tinea capitis and tinea manuum caused by infection with this fungus. The diagnosis was confirmed on the basis of the morphologic and molecular characteristics of the microorganism.
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spelling pubmed-103103742023-07-01 Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis Sun, Pei-Lun Chi, Ching-Chi Shih, I-Hsin Fan, Yun-Chen Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Nannizzia polymorpha is a dermatophyte that rarely infects humans. We describe 2 case-patients from Asia who had an inflammatory type of tinea capitis and tinea manuum caused by infection with this fungus. The diagnosis was confirmed on the basis of the morphologic and molecular characteristics of the microorganism. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10310374/ /pubmed/37347824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2907.230477 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Sun, Pei-Lun
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Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis
title Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis
title_full Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis
title_fullStr Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis
title_full_unstemmed Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis
title_short Nannizzia polymorpha as Rare Cause of Skin Dermatophytosis
title_sort nannizzia polymorpha as rare cause of skin dermatophytosis
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10310374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37347824
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2907.230477
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