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- Title
First Case of Trichophyton soudanense Isolated in Tunisia.
- Authors
Neji, S.; Makni, F.; Cheikhrouhou, F.; Sellami, H.; Boudaya, S.; Turki, H.; Ayadi, A.
- Abstract
This is a first case of Trichophyton soudanense isolated from Ivoiran student in Tunisia. A 24-year-old man was addressed for extensive erythematous, scaling lesions. Examination disclosed tinea capitis, tinea corporis, tinea pedis, and onychomycosis of toenails and fingernails. Isolates were identified as Trichophyton soudanense on the basis of macroscopy and microscopy colony characteristics. The patient was treated with fluconazole, topical econazole, and ciclopiroxolamine varnish. Although T. soudanense was identified since the late 1950s outside the African continent especially in the North America, Brazil, Australia, and many European countries, this is the first case reported in Tunisia. Accessibility to our universities for African students makes possible the emergence of this dermatophyte.
- Subjects
TUNISIA; TRICHOPHYTON; ERYTHEMA; RINGWORM; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; DERMATOPHYTES; ANTIFUNGAL agents
- Publication
Mycopathologia, 2010, Vol 170, Issue 5, p353
- ISSN
0301-486X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11046-010-9323-4