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White nails in AIDS/ARC due to Trichophyton rubrum infection
Author(s) -
WEISMANN K.,
KNUDSEN E.A.,
PEDERSEN C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1988.tb00643.x
Subject(s) - trichophyton rubrum , white (mutation) , medicine , arc (geometry) , nail (fastener) , dermatology , trichophyton , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , materials science , antifungal , geometry , mathematics , metallurgy , biochemistry , gene
Summary Two patients suffering from ARC and AIDS developed extensive whitening of toe nails caused by infection with T. rubrum. The lesions may serve as a clinical clue to the diagnosis of HIV‐infection with immune deficiency.