MY1904-2

Posted on May 27, 2019 by CMPT

Skin: Trichophyton rubrum – Shipped April 8, 2019

HISTORY

This challenge was sent as a simulated skin sample. Laboratories were expected to isolate and identify Trichophyton rubrum.

MAIN EDUCATIONAL POINTS from MY1904-2

Trichophyton rubrum is an exceptionally variable organism and many of its characteristics either overlap with other dermatophytes or are inconsistent.
T. rubrum is an anthropophilic dermatophyte, as it almost exclusively infects humans. Infections are more common in men than in children
and women.

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