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Deep Dermatophytosis Caused by Zoophilic Strain of Trichophyton interdigitale with Successful Treatment of Itraconazole

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We report a 66-year-old female patient with deep dermatophytosis caused by zoophilic strain of Trichophyton interdigitale, a rare granulomatous presentation of Trichophyton species infection in patients with underlying systemic diseases, and she was successfully cured by itraconazole. Since the identification of Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex had been misused for years, a brief discussion of molecular diagnosis and taxonomy of T. mentagrophytes complex is given. The pathogenesis and comparison with cases reported in the literature are also discussed.

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  1. School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Hsuan-An Su, Wen-Wei Sung & Yu-Ping Hsiao

  2. Department of Medical Education, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Hsuan-An Su & Wen-Wei Sung

  3. Department of Dermatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Pei-Lun Sun

  4. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Pei-Lun Sun

  5. Department of Medical Technology, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Miaoli, Taiwan

    Wen-Wei Sung

  6. Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Wen-Wei Sung

  7. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Su-Ya Cheng

  8. School of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Hui-Chin Chang

  9. Library, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Hui-Chin Chang

  10. School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

    Jen-Hung Yang

  11. Department of Dermatology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

    Jen-Hung Yang

  12. Department of Dermatology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Sec. 1, Chien-Kuo N. Rd., 402, Taichung, Taiwan

    Yu-Ping Hsiao

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Su, HA., Sun, PL., Sung, WW. et al. Deep Dermatophytosis Caused by Zoophilic Strain of Trichophyton interdigitale with Successful Treatment of Itraconazole. Mycopathologia 182, 715–720 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-017-0120-1

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