Naive tinea corporis et cruris in an Immunocompetent adult caused by a geophile Nannizzia gypsea susceptible to Terbinafine-Rarity in the current scenario of Dermatophytosis in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dermatophytosis caused by Nannizzia gypsea formerly Microsporum gypse um is rare in occurrence due to its geophilic adaptation and weak pathogenic potential in establishing infection in humans. The taxonomical status of N. gypsea has been controversial over the years and has now reached a concordance among mycologists. Innumerable reports of N. gypsea causing widespread infection in human immunodeficiency virus patients trails them as an important agent of consideration in an immunocompromised host. There have been sporadic reports of N. gypsea causing glabrous skin tinea and onychomycosis in healthy patients and the prevalence reports gravitate around 1-6.5  %. A variety of non-anthropophilic dermatophytes including novel spec

SUBMITTER: Vanam HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470300 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature