Trichophyton rubrum autoinoculation from infected nails is not such a rare phenomenon

  1. Jacek C. Szepietowski,
  2. Łukasz Matusiak

Article first published online: 16 APR 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01481.x

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Mycoses

Mycoses

Volume 51, Issue 4, pages 345–346, July 2008

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Szepietowski, J. C. and Matusiak, Ł. (2008), Trichophyton rubrum autoinoculation from infected nails is not such a rare phenomenon. Mycoses, 51: 345–346. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01481.x

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

*Jacek C. Szepietowski, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University, Chałubińskiego 1, Wrocław 50-368, Poland. Tel.: +48 71 784 2288. Fax: +48 71 327 0942. E-mail: jszepiet@derm.am.wroc.pl

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 APR 2008
  2. Article first published online: 16 APR 2008
  3. Accepted for publication 14 November 2007

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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.

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