Tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a 20-day-old neonate

Although candidiasis in newborns is not uncommon, superficial dermatophyte infections of infants is quite rare. The causative agents of neonatal tinea reported in various case studies have been Trichophyton rubrum, Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, and Trichophyton violaceum. To the best of ou...

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Autores principales: Malhotra, Sita, Malhotra, Suresh Kumar, Aggarwal, Yukti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4738516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904450
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.171045
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description Although candidiasis in newborns is not uncommon, superficial dermatophyte infections of infants is quite rare. The causative agents of neonatal tinea reported in various case studies have been Trichophyton rubrum, Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, and Trichophyton violaceum. To the best of our knowledge, no case report of neonatal tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes has been reported earlier.
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spelling pubmed-47385162016-02-22 Tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a 20-day-old neonate Malhotra, Sita Malhotra, Suresh Kumar Aggarwal, Yukti Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Although candidiasis in newborns is not uncommon, superficial dermatophyte infections of infants is quite rare. The causative agents of neonatal tinea reported in various case studies have been Trichophyton rubrum, Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, and Trichophyton violaceum. To the best of our knowledge, no case report of neonatal tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes has been reported earlier. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4738516/ /pubmed/26904450 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.171045 Text en Copyright: © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a 20-day-old neonate
title Tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a 20-day-old neonate
title_full Tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a 20-day-old neonate
title_fullStr Tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a 20-day-old neonate
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title_short Tinea faciei caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a 20-day-old neonate
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4738516/
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