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1. Clinical and mycological analysis of twenty-one cases of tinea incognita in the Aegean region of Turkey: a retrospective study.

Author

Turk BG, Taskin B, Karaca N, Sezgin AO, and Aytimur D

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Diagnosis, Differential, Eczema diagnosis, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psoriasis diagnosis, Retrospective Studies, Turkey, Young Adult, Tinea diagnosis, Tinea microbiology
Abstract

Tinea incognita is a dermatophyte infection with atypical clinical features modified by the improper use of corticosteroids or calcineurin inhibitors. The aim of this study was to analyze clinical and microbiological features of patients with tinea incognita. A total of 6326 patients referred to mycology laboratory between January 2008 and January 2011 for mycological examination with a diagnosis of tinea incognita were reviewed retrospectively. Twenty-one patients, 13 (61.9%) women and 8 (38.1%) men, mean age 42.2±36.8, were included in the study. Of them, lesions were localized in 15 (71.4%) patients and widespread in six (28.6%) patients. The mean duration of the disease was 9.5 (range 1-120) months. All patients had a history of treatment with steroids. Before admission, most of them had been misdiagnosed as eczema or psoriasis. Microscopic examination revealed hyphae and spores in most of the cases (n=17, 80.95%). Mycological cultures were positive in 19 (90.5%) patients. The most frequently isolated dermatophyte was Trichophyton rubrum (n=14, 66.7%). This case series revealed Trichophyton rubrum as the most frequent agent of tinea incognita. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest case series from Turkey describing clinical features and mycological agents of tinea incognita.

Published
2013

3. Tinea corporis: Five-year retrospective evaluation [Tinea korporis: Beş yillik retrospektif degerlendirme]

Author

Günaydin A., Aytimur D., and Ege Üniversitesi

Subjects
Tinea, Dermatophyte, Corporis
Abstract

Background and Design: Tinea corporis, a cutaneous infection of the glabrous skin, excluding palms-soles, nails and groins, is caused by dermatophytes.The distribution of agents varies depending on geographical and socio-economic factors. In this study, we aimed to analyze the agents seen in tinea corporis and their relationship with patient age, gender and lesion location. Materials and Methods: In this study, we retrospectively analyzed mycological examination results of 62 patients (62.9% female, 37.1% male) who attended our dermatology outpatient clinic and were diagnosed with tinea corporis between January 2007 and December 2011. The results were compared in terms of patient age, sex and location of lesions for the statistical significance. Results: The average age of the patients was 40.5 years. Trichophyton rubrum was the most prevalent etiologic organism in both gender (56.5%), followed by Microsporum canis (35.5%), Trichophyton violaceum (4.8%) and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (3.2%). The prevalence of Microsporum canis was 46.5% in women and 17.3% in men; the difference was attributed to the fact that women have more close contact with pets, which are an important source of contamination for The zoophilic dermatophyte Microsporum canis, than do men. Conclusion: In our study, the frequency and the species of tinea corporis were found to be similar to that in the literature. There was no statistically significant difference between the variables of agent species, localization, gender and age. However, epidemiological data can be important in the management of the disease in conditions that mycological culture cannot be considered.

Published
2014

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