Tinea incognito due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes: case report
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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 ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medwave
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0717-6384
DOI: 10.5867/medwave.2016.10.6598