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Disseminated dermatophytosis caused by Microsporum gypseum in two patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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Microsporum gypseum is not a common agent of human dermatophytosis. To the best of our knowledge, this fungus has not been described in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. We report a tinea corporis infection with atypical presentation caused by M. gypseum in two patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) studied at the São Paulo Hospital (São Paulo, Brazil).

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  1. Departamento de Dermatologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

    Adriana M. Porro, Marcia C.N. Yoshioka, Silvia K. Kaminski, Maria do Carmo de A. Palmeira & Mauricio M.A. Alchorne

  2. Disciplina de Biologia Celular, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia, Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

    Olga Fischman

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Porro, A.M., Yoshioka, M.C., Kaminski, S.K. et al. Disseminated dermatophytosis caused by Microsporum gypseum in two patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Mycopathologia 137, 9–12 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006806304125

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