Extensive dermatophytoses caused byTrichophyton mentagrophytesandMicrosporum canisin a patient with AIDS

✍ Scribed by Mónica Lowinger-Seoane; Josep M. Torres-Rodríguez; Neus Madrenys-Brunet; Salvador Aregall-Fusté; Pere Saballs

• Book ID: 104772585
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 966 KB
• Volume: 120
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00436391

✦ Synopsis

Retrospective studies have shown the occurrence of episodes of deep or superficial fungal infections in 58 to 81% of HIV/AIDS patients as a result of impairment of cell immunity. We describe a case of disseminated cutaneous dermatophytoses caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis in a patients with AIDS. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in relation to this unusual presentation are emphasized as well as the importance of an early mycologic diagnosis to prescribe antifungal therapy.