Image Gallery: Dermatophytic pseudomycetoma caused by Microsporum canis
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[Dermatophytic pseudomycetoma: report of a case caused by Trichophyton tonsurans].
A case of dermatophytic pseudomycetoma, in a patient with a history of recurrent lesions in the scalp, for over two years, is reported. Histopathological examination of the affected tissues revealed the mycelial aggregates or pseudogranules characteristic of the disease. Cultures of fresh tissues samples detected a fungus identified as Trichophyton tonsurans. Additional examinations failed to d...
متن کاملDermatophytosis, 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...
متن کاملDisease progression of dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a Persian cat.
BACKGROUND Dermatophytic pseudomycetoma is a subcutaneous fungal infection by Microsporum canis. AIMS This work describes a case of dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a Persian cat. PATIENT AND METHODS A 3-year old female Persian cat showing alopecia, scaling and ulcerated nodules throughout the body, with presence of ulcerated nodules with yellow granular discharges on the dorsum, close to th...
متن کاملIntra-abdominal dermatophytic pseudomycetoma in a Persian cat.
Mycetoma is an infectious, noncontagious disease caused by free-living bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma) that are traumatically implanted into the body.1 In humans, the hand and foot are the most commonly affected sites and involvement of the abdominal wall or viscera is rare.1–3 Causal agents of mycetoma produce organized aggregates of bacteria or fungal hyphae called grains in a...
متن کاملCarbohydrate metabolism in Microsporum canis.
Enzyme systems concerned in the breakdown of carbohydrates by dennatophytes have been little studied, the principal contribution being a study of a number of enzymes of the glycolytic and hexosemonophosphate pathways and of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in cell-free extracts of Trichophyton mentagrophytes (Jensen, Altschuller & Bard, 1957). The effect of different substrates and pH values on the...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0007-0963
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16243