Hendersonula toruloideaas an agent of mycotic foot infection in Gabon
| Autor: | Dominique Richard-Lenoble, M. Gomez De Diaz, C. de Bievre, Maryvonne Kombila, Martz M |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Male Adolescent Direct examination Hand Dermatoses Fungus medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Nail Diseases medicine Dermatomycoses Humans Gabon Child Candida albicans Mycelium Aged Foot Dermatoses biology Tinea Pedis General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Dermatophyte Female Mitosporic Fungi Hendersonula toruloidea Foot (unit) |
| Zdroj: | Medical Mycology. 28:215-223 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2709 1369-3786 |
| Popis: | Pathogenic fungi were isolated from 149 of 210 Gabonese patients with clinical signs of tinea pedis. Hendersonula toruloidea was isolated from 51 patients (34.2%), either alone (in 25%) or in association with a dermatophyte species or Candida albicans. Clinical signs of H. toruloidea infection closely resembled those of dermatophyte infection except that hyperkeratinization of the soles was most often associated with infection by H. toruloidea. H. toruloidea mycelium could be readily distinguished from dermatophyte mycelium on direct examination of skin scrapings. All the H. toruloidea isolates closely resembled the Type 1 isolates described by Moore, both microscopically and macroscopically. The importance of establishing a mycological diagnosis of this infection and the therapeutic implications of infection with H. toruloidea are discussed. This fungus was isolated from 34% of our patients from Gabon with clinical tinea pedis. |
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