Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report

We report a case of a 56-year-old Brazilian woman, with relapsing lepromatous leprosy, and onychomycosis caused by a non-dermatophyte filamentous fungi. The pathogenic fungi was identified as Arthrinium arundinis and treated with chemical abrasion of the nail with 40% urea and application of terbina...

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Autores principales: Vettorato, Rodrigo, Heidrich, Daiane, Eidt, Letícia Maria, Pagani, Danielle Machado, Ribeiro, Amanda Carvalho, Dallé da Rosa, Priscila, Vettorato, Gerson, Amaro, Taís Guarienti, Scroferneker, Maria Lúcia
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7527612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.09.001
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author Vettorato, Rodrigo
Heidrich, Daiane
Eidt, Letícia Maria
Pagani, Danielle Machado
Ribeiro, Amanda Carvalho
Dallé da Rosa, Priscila
Vettorato, Gerson
Amaro, Taís Guarienti
Scroferneker, Maria Lúcia
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Heidrich, Daiane
Eidt, Letícia Maria
Pagani, Danielle Machado
Ribeiro, Amanda Carvalho
Dallé da Rosa, Priscila
Vettorato, Gerson
Amaro, Taís Guarienti
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description We report a case of a 56-year-old Brazilian woman, with relapsing lepromatous leprosy, and onychomycosis caused by a non-dermatophyte filamentous fungi. The pathogenic fungi was identified as Arthrinium arundinis and treated with chemical abrasion of the nail with 40% urea and application of terbinafine cream. Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium species is rare, and this is the second reported case.
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spelling pubmed-75276122020-10-05 Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report Vettorato, Rodrigo Heidrich, Daiane Eidt, Letícia Maria Pagani, Danielle Machado Ribeiro, Amanda Carvalho Dallé da Rosa, Priscila Vettorato, Gerson Amaro, Taís Guarienti Scroferneker, Maria Lúcia Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We report a case of a 56-year-old Brazilian woman, with relapsing lepromatous leprosy, and onychomycosis caused by a non-dermatophyte filamentous fungi. The pathogenic fungi was identified as Arthrinium arundinis and treated with chemical abrasion of the nail with 40% urea and application of terbinafine cream. Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium species is rare, and this is the second reported case. Elsevier 2020-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7527612/ /pubmed/33024655 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.09.001 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://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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Vettorato, Rodrigo
Heidrich, Daiane
Eidt, Letícia Maria
Pagani, Danielle Machado
Ribeiro, Amanda Carvalho
Dallé da Rosa, Priscila
Vettorato, Gerson
Amaro, Taís Guarienti
Scroferneker, Maria Lúcia
Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report
title Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report
title_full Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report
title_fullStr Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report
title_full_unstemmed Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report
title_short Onychomycosis caused by Arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: Case report
title_sort onychomycosis caused by arthrinium arundinis in leprosy patient: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7527612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.09.001
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