Extensive and deep dermatophytosis caused by <i>Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. Interdigitalis</i> in an HIV‐1 positive patient

Muñoz‐Pérez, M.A.; Rodríguez‐Pichardo, A.; Camacho, Francisco Gómez; Ríos, Juan José

doi:10.1046/j.1468-3083.2000.00015.x

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“…We found 4 extensive lesions, and 1 case involved the gluteal region, groin, and thighs. Regarding the number of cutaneous lesions in each patient, 3 presented with 6 or more lesions, in agreement with reports of such occurrence of numerous lesions of tinea in these patients (Porro et al, 1997;Muñoz-Pèrez et al, 2000).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Less common etiologic agents of tinea in humans have been described as promoting atypical presentations, especially in association with severe immunosuppression. Among these agents, species of the genus Microsporum have been isolated (Bournerias et al, 1996;King et al, 1996;Porro et al, 1997;Muñoz-Pèrez et al, 2000;Galhardo et al, 2005;Nenoff et al, 2007;Narang et al, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Dermatophytosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: Clinical aspects and etiologic agents

Costa

Neves

Delgado³

et al. 2015

Acta Tropica

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dermatophytosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: Clinical aspects and etiologic agents

Costa

Neves

Delgado³

et al. 2015

Acta Tropica

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“…The Trichophyton rubrum identified on the lesions of our patient is the dermatophytosis mostly the one founded in our country on persons infected by HIV according to Zida and al [10]. It is also one of the pathogenic agent most frequently met on this type of patient [1,5,11]. The profuse seborrheic dermatitis was raised in front of the macular high pigmented aspect of the lesions, the topography on the face (mainly the arcades and the ciliary edge) and the front temporal area of the hair.…”

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confidence: 63%

Profuse Atypic Dermatophytosis in a Person Infected By HIV

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2017

Austin J Dermatolog

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Profuse dermathophytosis can be observed on people infected by HIV. The socio-economic context of Burkina Faso pushes the patients to primarily adopt traditional treatments that modify the clinical aspect of the lesions.It was about a patient of 47 years old, a farmer, admitted at hospital for squamous pruritic skin lesions of the face and the chest, in a context of general alteration. The lesions were evolving since three years in a chronic and slowly extensive mode. A traditional treatment (black powder of Khaya senegalensis with shea butter) was done without any improvement of the lesions. The patient was seropositive to the HIV type 1, known since two years, and irregularly treated by TDF/ FTC/ EFV since six months with a voluntarily interruption one month ago. The examination showed large closets of various size skin flakes highly pigmented with clear limits, with circinate skin flakes borders on the face and the chest. The mycological examination of the skin flakes isolated a Trichophyton rubrum. The diagnosis of a circinate dermatophytosis profuse chronic modified by the traditional treatments to a person infected with HIV was established. The recovery was obtained after 3 months of antifungal local and general treatment.The clinical atypia of this dermatophytosis was induced by the traditional treatments. The therapeutic vagrancy was responsible of the chronicity of this table. It is recommended to the people infected by HIV extended antifungal treatment in order to obtain an optimal efficiency. These patients are indeed a slow response to the treatments and a frequent recurrence.

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“…Widespread and atypical dermatophyte infections may occur only rarely in patients with immunosuppression due to systemic steroids, chemotherapy (1), Cushing's syndrome (2), renal transplantion (3), or AIDS (4–9). In HIV‐infected patients, atypical extensive scaly erythematous lesions (4–6), that looked like seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, Norway scabiei, or dermatophyte granulomas (7–9), have been reported. Crosby et al (7) reported a dermatophytosis mimicking Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV positive patients.…”

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Widespread and Invasive Trichophyton rubrum Infection Mimicking Kaposi's Sarcoma in a Patient with AIDS

Kwon

Jang

Son

et al. 2004

The Journal of Dermatology

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Opportunistic fungal infections are commonly encountered in AIDS patients. Candidiasis, tinea pedis, onychomycosis, and deep mycotic infections have been the fungal infections most frequently reported in these patients. Dermatophyte infections can appear to be atypical and aggressive in these patients and may lead to a misdiagnosis. We report a Trichophyton rubrum infection in a 44-year-old man with AIDS that presented as a widespread and multiple tumor-like appearance. After the patient was treated with terbinafine for 21 weeks, the lesions cleared completely. We think that this type of dermatophyte infection is very unusual in patients with AIDS and could lead to inappropriate diagnostic processes and treatments.

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Extensive and deep dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. Interdigitalis in an HIV‐1 positive patient

Abstract: This is the first reported case of deep dermatophytosis caused by T. mentagrophytes in an HIV-positive patient.

Cited by 32 publications

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Dermatophytosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: Clinical aspects and etiologic agents

Dermatophytosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: Clinical aspects and etiologic agents

Profuse Atypic Dermatophytosis in a Person Infected By HIV

Widespread and Invasive Trichophyton rubrum Infection Mimicking Kaposi's Sarcoma in a Patient with AIDS

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