RESUMO
Four cases of subcutaneous phycomycosis diagnosed by isolating Basidiobolus meristosorus from affected tissue, are reported along with the growth characters and morphological features of this fungus. This is the first report from Pondicherry, South India where it was it was possible to isolate the causative fungus from each case.
Assuntos
Fungos , Micoses/microbiologia , Adulto , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Fungos/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Fungos/isolamento & purificação , Humanos , Índia , MasculinoAssuntos
Fungos Mitospóricos/isolamento & purificação , Micetoma/microbiologia , Adulto , Humanos , Índia , MasculinoAssuntos
Enterococcus faecalis , Osteomielite/etiologia , Infecções Estreptocócicas , Tíbia , Humanos , Lactente , MasculinoRESUMO
Amongst 125 cases of tinea capitis, representing 12-5% of dermatomycosis, about 9% showed kerion-like lesions and 13% had tinea corporis and/or tinea unguium. Eighty four percent cases were mycologically positive, yielding Trichophyton violaceum (84%) or T. tonsurans (16%).
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Tinha do Couro Cabeludo/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Cabelo/microbiologia , Humanos , Índia , Lactente , Masculino , Unhas/microbiologia , Onicomicose/epidemiologia , Onicomicose/microbiologia , Pele/microbiologia , Supuração/microbiologia , Tinha/epidemiologia , Tinha/microbiologia , Tinha do Couro Cabeludo/microbiologia , Trichophyton/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
A middle aged woman was diagnosed as a case of tinea nigra palmaris in a Pondicherry hospital. Ascraping from a dark patch on her palm yielded Cladosporium werneckii. This is the first report of mycologically confirmed tinea nigra palmaris from India.
