Deep Dermatophytosis and Inherited CARD9 Deficiency
Author(s) -
Fanny Lanternier,
Saad Pathan,
Quentin B. Vincent,
Luyan Liu,
Sophie Cypowyj,
Carolina Prando,
Mélanie Migaud,
L. Taibi,
A Ammar-Khodja,
O. Boudghène Stambouli,
Boumediene Guellil,
Frédérique Jacobs,
JeanChristophe Goffard,
Kinda Schepers,
V. del Mármol,
L. Boussofara,
M. Denguezli,
M. Larif,
H. Bachelez,
Laurence Michel,
MariePaule Lefranc,
R. J. Hay,
Grégory Jouvion,
Fabrice Chrétien,
S. Fraitag,
MarieElisabeth Bougnoux,
Merad Boudia,
Laurent Abel,
Olivier Lortholary,
JeanLaurent Casanova,
Capucine Pïcard,
Bodo Grimbacher,
Anne Puel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1208487
Subject(s) - dermatophyte , medicine , immunodeficiency , dermatology , lymph , mendelian inheritance , pathology , immunology , gene , biology , genetics , immune system
Deep dermatophytosis is a severe and sometimes life-threatening fungal infection caused by dermatophytes. It is characterized by extensive dermal and subcutaneous tissue invasion and by frequent dissemination to the lymph nodes and, occasionally, the central nervous system. The condition is different from common superficial dermatophyte infection and has been reported in patients with no known immunodeficiency. Patients are mostly from North African, consanguineous, multiplex families, which strongly suggests a mendelian genetic cause.
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