First case report of tinea corporis caused by Trichophyton indotineae in Latin America

A case of tinea corporis by Trichophyton indotineae observed in Argentina is presented. The patient had a history of having spent 18 months in Tulum, Mexico. She was suffering from tinea corporis in the anterior region of both thighs and the gluteal area. A mycological study was performed and T. men...

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Autores principales: Messina, Fernando, Santiso, Gabriela, Romero, Mercedes, Bonifaz, Alexandro, Fernandez, Marisa, Marin, Emmanuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37706043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.08.004
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author Messina, Fernando
Santiso, Gabriela
Romero, Mercedes
Bonifaz, Alexandro
Fernandez, Marisa
Marin, Emmanuel
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Romero, Mercedes
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description A case of tinea corporis by Trichophyton indotineae observed in Argentina is presented. The patient had a history of having spent 18 months in Tulum, Mexico. She was suffering from tinea corporis in the anterior region of both thighs and the gluteal area. A mycological study was performed and T. mentagrophytes complex was isolated. The fungus was later identified as T. indotineae by DNA sequencing and treatment with SUBA-itraconazole was initiated with good clinical response.
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spelling pubmed-104953762023-09-13 First case report of tinea corporis caused by Trichophyton indotineae in Latin America Messina, Fernando Santiso, Gabriela Romero, Mercedes Bonifaz, Alexandro Fernandez, Marisa Marin, Emmanuel Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A case of tinea corporis by Trichophyton indotineae observed in Argentina is presented. The patient had a history of having spent 18 months in Tulum, Mexico. She was suffering from tinea corporis in the anterior region of both thighs and the gluteal area. A mycological study was performed and T. mentagrophytes complex was isolated. The fungus was later identified as T. indotineae by DNA sequencing and treatment with SUBA-itraconazole was initiated with good clinical response. Elsevier 2023-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10495376/ /pubmed/37706043 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.08.004 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495376/
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