Abstract
A 40-year-old woman developed an itchy, expanding cutaneous lesion with two erythematous rings after visiting Senegal. Fungal culture revealed Microsporum audouinii, a fungus causing tinea corporis or capitis commonly in Africa but increasingly reported in outbreaks in Europe.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Travel Medicine |
Number of pages | 2 |
ISSN | 1195-1982 |
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Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2024 |
Keywords
- Microsporum audouinii
- Tinea corporis
- Dermatophyte infection
- Erythema migrans
- Fungal infection
- Imported case
- Travel-acquired infection