Unusual presentation of tinea cruris due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. mentagrophytes

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 541-545

  Khosravi, Ali Reza ^a,b   Mansouri, Parvin ^c   Naraghi, Zahra ^c   Shokri, Hojjatollah ^b   Ziglari, Tahereh ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Itraconazole; Tinea cruris; Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Indexed keywords

ACIT RETIN; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ITRACONAZOLE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; RETINOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOLOGY; PRURITUS; PUSTULAR PSORIASIS; SYMPTOM; TINEA CRURIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; SKIN; TINEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 49349104877     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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