Primary invasive cutaneous Microsporum canis infections in immunocompromised patients
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.460-462.1996