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 dia...