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Trichophyton rubrum autoinoculation from infected nails is not such a rare phenomenon
Author(s) -
Szepietowski Jacek C.,
Matusiak Łukasz
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01481.x
Subject(s) - trichophyton rubrum , dermatology , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , antifungal
Summary Kerion‐like lesions are usually caused by zoophilic dermatophytes. Here, we present a rare case report – an inflammatory tinea barbae due to an anthropophilic fungus ( Trichophyton rubrum ), which is the main pathogen of onychomycosis and tinea pedis. Probably the infection, in the presented case, spread from diseased fingernails. We do postulate that physicians should consider autoinoculation as a not so rare way of fungal infection transmission.