DERMATOPHILUS-CONGOLENSIS HUMAN INFECTION

Authors
TOWERSEY L MARTINS EDS LONDERO AT HAY RJ SOARES PJ TAKIYA CM MARTINS CC GOMPERTZ OF
Citation
L. Towersey et al., DERMATOPHILUS-CONGOLENSIS HUMAN INFECTION, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 29(2), 1993, pp. 351-354
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01909622
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Part
2
Pages
351 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
0190-9622(1993)29:2<351:DHI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Four cases of human dermatophilosis observed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , are reported. Data that suggest nail infection by Dermatophilus cong olensis are presented. The clinical spectrum of the disease ranged fro m an asymptomatic infection to a pustular eruption. Our findings sugge st that epidermal Langerhans cells play a role in the pathogenesis of the infection.