Eritema multiforme secundario a infección por Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Trichophyton mentagrophytes a keratinophilic fungus

Trichophyton mentagrophytes is a keratinophylic fungus belonging to a homogeneous group of fungi called the dermatophytes. The dermatophytes cause a variety of cutaneous infections in humans and animals. T. mentagrophytes has at least five different variants which make up the Trichophyton mentagrophytes complex. Two perfect states Arthroderma benhamiae and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii have been ...

Rosacea-like tinea incognito due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes vr. mentagrophytes.

Tinea incognito is a dermatophytosis with atypi-cal clinical manifestation in the absence of the typical " ringworm " (1). The term tinea incognito was originally used in 1968 by Ive and Marks in 14 patients with atypical dermatophytic infection caused by a previous steroid treatment (2). Since then, several cases of tinea incognito have been described after topical application of pimecrolimus ...

Differentiation of Trichophyton Rubrum and Trichophyton Mentagrophytes by Pigment Production.

Dermatophytosis, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum gypseum

Overview: The fungal skin disease dermatophytosis has come to be called ringworm because of the appearance of the skin lesion that characteristically occurs with this disorder: a circular area of hair loss with a red, raised outer rim. These lesions result from an inflammatory reaction to the fungus. Most often, dogs and cats are infected by the Microsporum canis fungus, but other types of fung...

Glycolytic and respiratory enzymes of Trichophyton mentagrophytes.

Although the dermatophytes are common fungal pathogens, very little is known concerning their metabolic systems. Biochemical studies with this group have been limited primarily to the nutritional requirements (Robbins et al., 1942; Schopfer and Blumer, 1943; Robbins and Ma, 1945; Georg, 1950; Benham, 1953; Silva, 1953; and Silva and Benham, 1954) and the demonstration of various extracellular e...