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Effective treatment of tinea corporis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes with combined isoconazole nitrate and diflucortolone valerate therapy
Author(s) -
Czaika Viktor A.
Publication year - 2013
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/myc.12068
Subject(s) - dermatophyte , trichophyton , tinea capitis , trichophyton rubrum , medicine , dermatology , trichophyton tonsurans , lesion , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , biology , antifungal
Summary Trichophyton mentagrophytes is the dermatophyte species most commonly reported in cases of guinea pig‐associated dermatophytosis (or guinea pig fungus) a condition that more often affects children than adults. In this case, a 13‐year‐old girl with recent direct contact with guinea pigs presented with a previously undertreated inflammatory skin lesion on the left side of her upper body, which was positive both for Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Staphylococcus epidermidis . The condition was subsequently diagnosed as tinea corporis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes with concomitant bacterial infection and effectively treated with 2 weeks of twice‐daily application of Travocort cream containing isoconazole nitrate 1% and diflucortolone valerate 0.1%. Visible improvement in the lesion was apparent after only 1 week of treatment.