Tinea nigra palmaris: a clinical case in a rural Ethiopian hospital

ABSTRACT Tinea nigra is an infrequent, superficial fungal infection, mainly caused by Hortaea werneckii, which is still underreported in Ethiopia. An asymptomatic 62-year-old male patient sought a rural hospital of Ethiopia, showing dark plaques on the palms of both hands. A superficial mycosis was...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Ramón Perez-Tanoira, Carlos Zarco Olivo, José Fortes Alen, Laura Prieto-Pérez, Alfonso Cabello, Jose Manuel Ramos Rincón, Juan Cuadros, Miguel Górgolas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2018
Subjects:
Tinea nigra
Ethiopia
Hortaea werneckii
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201860052
https://doaj.org/article/b489e0b572bc4a80b218dbc4aa2d2c3f
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Summary:ABSTRACT Tinea nigra is an infrequent, superficial fungal infection, mainly caused by Hortaea werneckii, which is still underreported in Ethiopia. An asymptomatic 62-year-old male patient sought a rural hospital of Ethiopia, showing dark plaques on the palms of both hands. A superficial mycosis was suspected and a direct light microscopic mycological examination from skin scrapings revealed short brownish hyphae. To our knowledge, this is the first case of tinea nigra from the Ethiopian highlands. This may be due to the actual rarity of the condition or to underreporting.

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