Systemic Disturbances in Recalcitrant Trichophyton Rubrum (Purpureum) Infections

Rothman, Stephen

doi:10.1001/archderm.1953.01540030002001

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“…The first studies revealing a relationship between oral glucose tolerance and recurrent dermatophyte infections were conducted by Rothman in the 1950s and 1960s [10]. This author analysed the glucose tolerance curves of 20 subjects with recurrent dermatophyte infections and reported a low or flat curve in eight, a normal curve in six, a lower than normal curve in five and a slightly elevated curve in one.…”

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Prevalence of dermatophytic skin and nail infections in diabetic patients

Romano

Massai

Asta

et al. 2001

Mycoses

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To determine whether there is a higher frequency of mycotic infections due to dermatophytes in diabetics, 171 diabetic outpatients and 276 controls were recruited in the period 1997-98. Patients with suspicious lesions underwent mycological examination which was positive in seven diabetics and 17 controls. In diabetics the most frequent infection was tinea pedis, followed by distal subungual onychomycosis; the most frequently isolated fungus was Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The results of the study did not show a prevalence of dermatophyte infections in diabetics. No correlation was found between dermatophytosis and duration or type of diabetes and its complications, blood sugar levels or levels of glycosylated haemoglobin. None of the diabetic patients with dermatophytosis had complications related to diabetes and basal blood sugar and glycosylated haemoglobin levels indicated good metabolic control.

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