Fallahi Ali Akbar, Moazeni Maryam, Noorbakhsh Fatemeh, Kordbacheh Parivash, Zaini Farideh, Mirhendi Hossein, Zeraati Hojjat, Rezaie Sassan
Department of Medical Mycology & Parasitology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Varamin-Pishva Branch, Varamin, Iran.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2012 Jul 20;1(1):49-51. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.07.001. eCollection 2012.
Trichosporon species are known as the causative agents of cutaneous infections and are involved in systemic, localized, as well as disseminated mycoses particularly in immunocompromised patients. Here we report a case of tinea pedis infection caused by Trichosporon faecale in a healthy 29-year-old woman in the north of Iran. Macroscopic and microscopic characteristics using direct examination as well as culture method revealed the causative agent as Trichosporon species. Molecular analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region validated the initial result and indicated that this case of tinea pedis was caused by T. faecale. The patient was recovered after treatment with topical myconazole accompanied with oral fluconazole.
毛孢子菌属是皮肤感染的病原体，可引起全身、局部以及播散性真菌病，尤其是在免疫功能低下的患者中。在此，我们报告一例由粪便毛孢子菌引起的足癣感染病例，患者为伊朗北部一名29岁的健康女性。通过直接检查和培养方法进行的宏观和微观特征分析显示，病原体为毛孢子菌属。对内部转录间隔区的分子分析证实了最初的结果，并表明该例足癣是由粪便毛孢子菌引起的。患者在局部使用咪康唑并口服氟康唑治疗后康复。
