Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report

The prevalence and the clinical relevance of dermatophytoses in HIV-infected patients are poorly documented, particularly for those caused by tinea incognito. Here, we report a case of widespread facial tinea incognito occurring in an Italian patient with advanced HIV infection, showing both skin an...

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Autores principales: Polilli, Ennio, Fazii, Paolo, Ursini, Tamara, Fantini, Fabrizio, Di Masi, Francesco, Tontodonati, Monica, Sozio, Federica, Parruti, Giustino
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: March 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21487462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326055
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author Polilli, Ennio
Fazii, Paolo
Ursini, Tamara
Fantini, Fabrizio
Di Masi, Francesco
Tontodonati, Monica
Sozio, Federica
Parruti, Giustino
author_facet Polilli, Ennio
Fazii, Paolo
Ursini, Tamara
Fantini, Fabrizio
Di Masi, Francesco
Tontodonati, Monica
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description The prevalence and the clinical relevance of dermatophytoses in HIV-infected patients are poorly documented, particularly for those caused by tinea incognito. Here, we report a case of widespread facial tinea incognito occurring in an Italian patient with advanced HIV infection, showing both skin and brain lesions. Second-line treatment with liposomal amphotericin B and cotrimoxazole, administered after a microbiological characterization of the skin scrapings, led to complete clearance of all lesions.
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spelling pubmed-30737542011-04-12 Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report Polilli, Ennio Fazii, Paolo Ursini, Tamara Fantini, Fabrizio Di Masi, Francesco Tontodonati, Monica Sozio, Federica Parruti, Giustino Case Rep Dermatol Published: March 2011 The prevalence and the clinical relevance of dermatophytoses in HIV-infected patients are poorly documented, particularly for those caused by tinea incognito. Here, we report a case of widespread facial tinea incognito occurring in an Italian patient with advanced HIV infection, showing both skin and brain lesions. Second-line treatment with liposomal amphotericin B and cotrimoxazole, administered after a microbiological characterization of the skin scrapings, led to complete clearance of all lesions. S. Karger AG 2011-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3073754/ /pubmed/21487462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326055 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: March 2011
Polilli, Ennio
Fazii, Paolo
Ursini, Tamara
Fantini, Fabrizio
Di Masi, Francesco
Tontodonati, Monica
Sozio, Federica
Parruti, Giustino
Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report
title Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_full Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_fullStr Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_short Tinea incognito Caused by Microsporum gypseum in a Patient with Advanced HIV Infection: A Case Report
title_sort tinea incognito caused by microsporum gypseum in a patient with advanced hiv infection: a case report
topic Published: March 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3073754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21487462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000326055
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