Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infection
We report a case of tinea corporis on amputated leg stump caused by Trichophyton rubrum. The patient, a 54-year-old male, experienced a serious traffic accident, resulted his right leg amputated 3 years ago. Since then prosthesis was fitted and protective equipment of silicone stocking was worn for...
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| description | We report a case of tinea corporis on amputated leg stump caused by Trichophyton rubrum. The patient, a 54-year-old male, experienced a serious traffic accident, resulted his right leg amputated 3 years ago. Since then prosthesis was fitted and protective equipment of silicone stocking was worn for the stump. He consulted with circular, patchy and scaly erythemas with itching on his right below knee amputation stump for 2 months. The diagnoses of tinea corporis on the stump was made based on a positive KOH direct microscopic examination, morphologic characteristics and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 4, confirmed that the isolate from the scales was T. rubrum. The patient was cured with oral terbinafine and topical naftifine-ketaconazole cream following 2% ketaconazole shampoo wash for 3 weeks. Long times using prosthesis together with protective equipment of silicone stocking, leading to the local environment of airtight and humid within the prosthesis favors T. rubrum infection of the stump could be considered as the precipitating factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9b750af408545f3959d3c8b7c83b62c2022-12-22T01:33:29ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392015-09-019C313310.1016/j.mmcr.2015.07.001Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infectionXin RanKaiwen ZhuangYuping RanWe report a case of tinea corporis on amputated leg stump caused by Trichophyton rubrum. The patient, a 54-year-old male, experienced a serious traffic accident, resulted his right leg amputated 3 years ago. Since then prosthesis was fitted and protective equipment of silicone stocking was worn for the stump. He consulted with circular, patchy and scaly erythemas with itching on his right below knee amputation stump for 2 months. The diagnoses of tinea corporis on the stump was made based on a positive KOH direct microscopic examination, morphologic characteristics and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 4, confirmed that the isolate from the scales was T. rubrum. The patient was cured with oral terbinafine and topical naftifine-ketaconazole cream following 2% ketaconazole shampoo wash for 3 weeks. Long times using prosthesis together with protective equipment of silicone stocking, leading to the local environment of airtight and humid within the prosthesis favors T. rubrum infection of the stump could be considered as the precipitating factors.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753915000214Tinea corporisTrichophyton rubrumStump legTerbinafineKetoconazole |
| spellingShingle | Xin Ran Kaiwen Zhuang Yuping Ran Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infection Medical Mycology Case Reports Tinea corporis Trichophyton rubrum Stump leg Terbinafine Ketoconazole |
| title | Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infection |
| title_full | Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infection |
| title_fullStr | Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infection |
| title_short | Tinea corporis on the stump leg with Trichophyton rubrum infection |
| title_sort | tinea corporis on the stump leg with trichophyton rubrum infection |
| topic | Tinea corporis Trichophyton rubrum Stump leg Terbinafine Ketoconazole |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753915000214 |
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