Dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton raubitschekii. Report of the first case in São Paulo, Brazil

• Main Authors: Carlos da Silva LACAZ, Clarisse ZAITZ, Ligia Rangel B. RUIZ, Valéria Maria de SOUZA, Ana Regina Alencar SANTOS, Laura Hitomi MURAMATU, Natalina Takahashi de MELO, Elisabeth Maria HEINS-VACCARI, Giovana Leticia HERNÁNDEZ-ARRIAGADA, Roseli Santos de FREITAS-LEITE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1999
• Subjects: Trichophyton raubistschekii; Dermatophytosis; Tinea corporis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Canada; The Buttocks
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/32fb75a9e16546df806126df9fd64f8c

The authors report the first case of dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton raubitschekii in a patient from the State of São Paulo with Tinea corporis lesions localized on the buttocks. Culture on Sabouraud-agar with cycloheximide permitted the isolation and identification of the fungus, and the diagnosis was confirmed by Dr. Lynne Sigler, University of Alberta, Canada. Systemic treatment with fluconazole, 150 mg/week for 4 weeks, in combination with topical treatment with isoconazole initially yielded favorable results, with recurrence of the lesions after the medication was discontinued. This is the fifth case of this dermatophytosis published in the Brazilian medical literature.