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FAMILY INFECTIONS WITH DERMATOPHYTES AN OVERLOOKED PROBLEM?
Author(s) -
Crozier William J.,
Coats Howard P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1988.tb00387.x
Subject(s) - trichophyton rubrum , wife , medicine , dermatology , dermatophyte , trichophyton , theology , antifungal , philosophy
S ummary Between 1 January 1981 and 21 March 1983, 336 cases of dermatophytosis were investigated. Family infections contributed 36 of these cases (10.7%) Enquiries were made to a sample of dermatologists who all reported husband‐wife tinea infections as extremely uncommon, however our study showed that the husband‐wife combination was present in 50% of cases of family infection. This suggested that, of every 100 cases of tinea, at least 5 will involve the husband‐wife combination. Trichophyton rubrum was the most common cause of family infections, as well as of all tinea cases investigated.