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Dear Editor, I Trichophyton rubrum i is the most common organism causing cutaneous fungal infections of the skin, hair and nails. Repeat testing for I T. rubrum i susceptibility revealed resistance to fluconazole (MIC > 16 µg mL SP -1 sp ), itraconazole (MIC > 8 µg mL SP -1 sp ) and terbinafine (MIC > 0-5 µg mL SP -1 sp ). Given that our patient was resistant to itraconazole, posaconazole - an antifungal typically reserved to treat invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised patients - was chosen as the subsequent therapy. [Extracted from the article]