Korean J Med Mycol.
2010 Sep;15(3):134-139.
Two Cases of Trichophyton rubrum Syndrome
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea. g9563009@cu.ac.kr
- 2Graduate School of Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
- 3Catholic Skin Clinic, Daegu, Korea.
Abstract
- Trychophyton (T.) rubrum is the most prevalent pathogen among causative fungi of dermatophytosis. Primary infection of T. rubrum can be spread by autoinoculation or other reason and some suggests this generalized infection can be a syndrome. We report two cases of T. rubrum syndrome. The first patient, a 43-year-old male, had a tinea pedis with tinea unguium, tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea manus. The second patient, a 73-year-old female, had a tinea pedis with tinea unguium, tinea manus, tinea corporis, tinea capitis, and tinea faciale. Causative pathogens were T. rubrum.
