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Thirty‐six cases of epidemic infections due to T richophyton violaceum in S iena, I taly
Author(s) -
Romano Clara,
Feci Luca,
Fimiani Michele
Publication year - 2014
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.12164
Subject(s) - dermatophyte , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Summary T richophyton violaceum is an anthropophilous dermatophyte endemic to parts of A frica and A sia, sporadic in E urope. It is an emerging pathogen in I taly due to immigration. We report 36 cases of infections due to T . violaceum , diagnosed in the last 5 years by mycological examination. The source of contagion was 13 children adopted from orphanages.