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- Title
DERMATOPHYTOSIS DUE TO MICROSPORUM FULVUM, A NEW CASE FROM IRAN.
- Authors
Nouripour-Sisakht, Sadegh; Rezaei-Matehkolaei, Ali; Mirhendi, Hossein; Najafzadeh, Mohammad Javad; Satoh, Kazuo; Ahmadi, Bahram
- Abstract
Microsporum fulvum is a ubiquitous geophilic dermatophyte that has rarely been considered as the agent of human dermatophytosis. Until now, there was no report regarding the human infection due to M. fulvum in Iran and here we present the first proven report of dermatophytosis by this fungus throughout the country, identified by sequence based methods. Direct microscopy of skin scrapings showed a tinea corporis infection and morphological study of the recovered colony from culture resulted in the identification of M. gypseum. To determine the main agent of the infection the isolate was subjected to molecular analysis. Restriction digestion of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and sequencing was indicative of M. fulvum as the causative agent. To verify the phenotypically identified isolates of M. gypseum and moreover, to highlight the role of M. fulvum in human dermatophytosis the sequence based analysis is recommended.
- Subjects
RINGWORM; MICROSPORUM; MYCOSES; IDENTIFICATION of fungi; FUNGAL morphology
- Publication
Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 2013, p57
- ISSN
2008-3645
- Publication type
Case Study