Widespread erosive tinea corporis by Arthroderma benhamiae in a renal transplant recipient: case report

Mycoses. 2010 Nov;53(6):530-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01736.x.

Abstract

Superficial fungal infections are expected to be more prevalent in renal transplant recipients because of graft-preserving immunosuppressive therapy. Here we report the case of a 45-year-old patient with widespread erosive tinea corporis transmitted by domestic animals. Sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region identified Arthroderma benhamiae (teleomorph of Trichophyton mentagrophytes) in the patient, her husband and her domestic animals. A combination therapy with systemic terbinafine hydrochloride and topically applied ciclopiroxolamine was successful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthrodermataceae / isolation & purification*
  • Ciclopirox
  • DNA, Fungal / chemistry
  • DNA, Fungal / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Female
  • Guinea Pigs / microbiology
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / administration & dosage
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Microscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • Naphthalenes / therapeutic use
  • Pyridones / therapeutic use
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Skin / microbiology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Terbinafine
  • Tinea / diagnosis*
  • Tinea / drug therapy
  • Tinea / microbiology
  • Tinea / transmission
  • Transplantation*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Naphthalenes
  • Pyridones
  • Ciclopirox
  • Terbinafine