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Extensive dermatophytoses caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis in a patient with AIDS

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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 unsual presentation are emphasized as well as the importance of an early mycologic diagnosis to prescribe antifungal therapy.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Mónica Lowinger-Seoane, Josep M. Torres-Rodríguez, Neus Madrenys-Brunet, Salvador Aregall-Fusté & Pere Saballs

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Lowinger-Seoane, M., Torres-Rodríguez, J.M., Madrenys-Brunet, N. et al. Extensive dermatophytoses caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum canis in a patient with AIDS. Mycopathologia 120, 143–146 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436391

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