Scalp Infection by Trichophyton gallinae (A Case Report from Pakistan)

Faruqui, Ahmad; Khan, Kanwal Iqbal; Harood, T. S.

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0507.1984.tb01993.x

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“…Involved areas were noted at the scalp, inguen, lower extremity, back and forearm, and many of these cases involved lesions on the scalp. In most cases, the clinical diagnosis was tinea capitis or tinea corporis, and only one case was diagnosed as tinea unguium 13–22 . According to a survey of dermatophytoses in children in Nigeria, 21 (18.4%) of 114 cases were infected by M. gallinae 22 .…”

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Tinea corporis caused by Microsporum gallinae: First clinical case in Japan

Miyasato

Yamaguchi

Taira

et al. 2010

The Journal of Dermatology

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We report herein a case of tinea corporis caused by Microsporum gallinae in a 96-year-old, otherwise healthy Japanese man. The patient had a long working history as a breeder of fighting cocks, and he suffered from two erythematous macules after being bitten by a cock. M. gallinae was identified as the infectious agent based on the morphology of isolates cultured on slides and analysis of DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) from ribosomal DNA from cultured isolates. The patient was successfully treated with antifungal ointments. To our knowledge, this is the first case of M. gallinae infection in a human reported in Japan.

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Tinea corporis caused by Microsporum gallinae: First clinical case in Japan

Miyasato

Yamaguchi

Taira

et al. 2010

The Journal of Dermatology

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Widespread dermatophytosis due to Microsporum (Trichophyton) gallinae in a patient with AIDS-a case report from Spain

Palacio

Pereiro-Miguens²,

Gimeno

et al. 1992

Clin Exp Dermatol

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We report the case of a 25-year-old, HIV-positive patient (group IV, A, C2 clinical stage) with a widespread dermatophyte infection. He was a male gypsy with a known history of intravenous drug abuse. After an episode of cerebral toxoplasmosis for which he was treated with systemic steroids (because of cerebral oedema) he developed, over 16 days, a remarkably extensive ringworm of the trunk due to an unusual zoophilic dermatophyte, Microsporum (Trichophyton) gallinae. Human infection with this dermatophyte species is unusual: there are as few as seven proven reported cases, all of whom had localized lesions. This is the first widespread and severe case reported in man and also the first reported from Spain.

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Mycological examinations on the fungal flora of the chicken comb

Gründer

Mayser²,

Redmann

et al. 2005

Mycoses

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A total of 500 combs of adult chickens from two different locations in Germany (Hessen and Schleswig-Holstein) were clinically and mycologically examined. The chickens came from three battery cages (n = 79), one voliere system (n=32), six flocks maintained on deep litter (n = 69) and 12 flocks kept on free outdoor range (n=320). Twenty-two of the 500 chicken combs (4.4%) were found to have clinical signs: only non-specific lesions neither typical of mycosis nor of avian pox such as desquamation with crust formation, yellow to brown or black dyschromic changes, alopecia in the surrounding area and moist inflammation. Only seven of the 22 clinically altered combs showed a positive mycological result; the non-pathogenic and geophilic Trichophyton terrestre in one case and non-pathogenic yeast in six cases. The following fungi were seen in the different housing systems: 13 dermatophytes (2.6% of 500 samples): 12 x T. terrestre, 1 x Trichophyton mentagrophytes, 11 isolates of Chrysosporium georgiae (2.2% of 500 samples) and 149 isolates of yeasts (29.8%): Malassezia sympodialis: n = 52, Kloeckera apiculata: n = 33, Trichosporon capitatum (syn. Geotrichum capitatum): n = 23, Trichosporon cutaneum/Trichosporon mucoides: n = 12, Trichosporon inkin (syn. Sarcinosporon inkin): n = 8 and Candida spp.: n = 21, including pathogenic or possibly pathogenic species: Candida albicans: n = 3, Candida famata: n = 4, Candida guilliermondii: n = 3, Candida lipolytica: n = 3, Candida dattila: n = 2 and one isolate each of Candida glabrata, Candida parapsilosis, Candida aaseri, Candida catenulata sive brumpti, Candida fructus and Candida kefyr sive pseudotropicalis. There is no stringent correlation between the clinical symptoms diagnosed on the chicken combs and the species of yeasts isolated. The causative agent of favus in chickens, Trichophyton gallinae, and the saprophytic yeast in pigeons, Cr. neoformans were not isolated. The most frequently isolated yeasts M. sympodialis and Kloeckera apiculata are suggested to be classified as members of the resident flora of the chicken comb.

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Scalp Infection by Trichophyton gallinae (A Case Report from Pakistan)

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Tinea corporis caused by Microsporum gallinae: First clinical case in Japan

Tinea corporis caused by Microsporum gallinae: First clinical case in Japan

Widespread dermatophytosis due to Microsporum (Trichophyton) gallinae in a patient with AIDS-a case report from Spain

Mycological examinations on the fungal flora of the chicken comb

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