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- Title
The Part of a Hospital Dermatologist - Prevention of Trichophyton tonsurans Infection.
- Authors
Fujihiro, Machiki
- Abstract
Trichophyton tonsurans infection was found first in autumn 2000 in Gifu prefecture and spread rapidly in the Tokai region. Not only direct KOH examination but also culture is necessary to diagnose this disease. In order to collect a specimen. I recommend cellophane adhesive tape. During the past 5 years, dermatologists in the Tokai area have sent me specimens in an envelope for mycological examination. Hyphae were found in all 75 cases in the scales examined. Fungal culture revealed 61 cases to be T. tonsurans infection; the male : female ratio was 54 : 7. By age distribution, high school students accounted for 46 (75%), elderly patients 9 (15%) and lower age 6 (10%). Judo players accounted for 32 (52%), wrestlers for 24 (39%) and other for 5 (8%). Most had lesions on the face, neck, head, arm. One wrestler had a nail involvement. In some specimens from tinea corporis, hyphae in the hair shaft were observed. This sort tinea epidemic probably occurs more often than is reported. Therefore we have begun to cooperate with a medical department member of the Gifu Judo Society to prevent of T. tonsurans infection.
- Subjects
TRICHOPHYTON; PATHOGENIC fungi; INFECTION; DERMATOLOGISTS; FUNGAL cultures; MEDICAL mycology
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology, 2008, Vol 49, Issue 3, p191
- ISSN
0916-4804
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3314/jjmm.49.191