Use of a Cycloheximide Medium for Isolation of Dermatophytes From Clinical Materials

Georg, Lucille K.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1953.01540040013003

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“…Mixed infections of T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, T. tonsurans and E. floccosum have been reported, [2,6,8,10] most of them involving two different fungi. There is one report of an onychomycotic infection from which T. rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, and T. tonsurans [6] were cultured simultaneously. No case has been reported to our knowledge of a mixed infection involving M. canis.…”

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Dual infection of the toe web caused byTrichophyton rubrumandMicrosporum canis

1986

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A case of tinea pedis caused by a dual infection with Trichophyton rubrum and Microsporum canis is reported. It is of particular interest because infections of the toe webs caused by M. canis are uncommon and the combination of T. rubrum and M. canis has not been reported.In addition, a marked difference in response to treatment with an imidazole (bifonazole) was observed.Microsporum canis infections between the toes and on the foot are very uncommon.Infections caused by two or more dermatophytes in the same skin area are not numerous in the literature, although undoubtedly more common than reported.Furthermore, the combination of M. canis with another dermatophyte cultured from a foot lesion was not found in our reference search. We describe a patient who had tinea pedis from which both T. rubrum and M. canis were isolated and whose Microsporum canis failed to respond to topical bifonazole. CASE REPORTA 23-year-old male came to the Dermatology Clinic of the University of Texas Medical Branch suffering from mildly pruritic, inflammatory and scaly patches with minimal maceration involving the 3rd and 4th toe webs of both feet. He described this as a chronic problem which had run a stable course since its beginning about 8 months previously. He denied the use of any systemic or topical antifungal medications, A KOH preparation from a scraping of his lesion revealed hyphae and a culture from the lesion on Sabouraud agar with chloramphenicol and cycloheximide grew T. rubrum, confirmed by microscopic appearance and pigment production on corn meal agar. Various contaminant fungi were also present. After 7 days of treatment with bifonazole (as part of a therapeutic trial of this compound), a second culture was taken. Contaminants again were present and, in addition, a small colony suspected of

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Dual infection of the toe web caused byTrichophyton rubrumandMicrosporum canis

1986

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“…The clinical material was inoculated on mycobiotic agar slants (George, 1953) and incubated at 29°C for 2-3 weeks. After six days growth appeared with irregular radial groves, folded over the entire surface, with white downy to fluffy surface growth.…”

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“…The infection subsided gradually and was eradicated completely in four to six weeks. At twoweekly intervals during treatment, hairs and skin scrapings from the affected portion of the scalp were examined microscopically and cultured on mycobioticagar (George, 1953). After six weeks local application of clotrimazole, the patient was kept under observation for another two weeks for any recurrence.…”

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

Faruqui

Khan

Harood

1984

Mycoses

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“…Positive cultures were readily obtained from all these areas on Sabouraud's dextrose agar, malt extract agar with tellurite, and penicillin-streptomycin cyclohexamide agar (Georg, 1953;Sharvill and Talbot, 1954). The fungus grew rapidly on Sabouraud's medium at 220 C., growth becoming visible in three days and reaching a diameter of 1 cm.…”

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“…Many papers (Georg, 1952;Howell et al, 1952;Scully, 1952;Simon and Schwartz, 1953) point to the increasing frequency of these infections in the United States. Pipkin (1952) found it in 22 of 57 adult and adolescent cases of tinea capitis, and other trichophyta of the group in 16 more.…”

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Trichophyton Sulphureum Ringworm

Sharvill¹

1955

BMJ

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Use of a Cycloheximide Medium for Isolation of Dermatophytes From Clinical Materials

Cited by 72 publications

References 10 publications

Dual infection of the toe web caused byTrichophyton rubrumandMicrosporum canis

Dual infection of the toe web caused byTrichophyton rubrumandMicrosporum canis

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

Trichophyton Sulphureum Ringworm

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