MY2104-2

Posted on June 7, 2021 by CMPT

Skin: Trichophyton mentagrophytes – Shipped April 06, 2021

HISTORY

This challenge was sent as a simulated skin sample from a patient with abdominal rash. Laboratories were expected to isolate and identify Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

MAIN EDUCATIONAL POINTS from MY2104-2

Trichophyton species is considered a better response than reporting the wrong species.
Trichophyton mentagrophytes var. interdigitale is an anthropophilic fungus distributed world-wide. It is a common cause of tinea pedis, particularly the vesicular type, tinea corporis, and sometimes superficial nail plate invasion

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