TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE IN 2 WHITE ITALIAN PATIENTS

Authors
TOSTI A MORELLI R DANTUONO A LAPLACA M STINCHI C FRASSETTO A
Citation
A. Tosti et al., TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE IN 2 WHITE ITALIAN PATIENTS, EJD. European journal of dermatology, 4(6), 1994, pp. 450-452
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
EJD. European journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
11671122
Volume
4
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
450 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
1167-1122(1994)4:6<450:TODTTS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The authors report two elderly white italian patients affected by onyc homycosis of the toenails due to Trichophyton soudanense. In both case s onychomycosis was associated with plantar infection. The affected na ils showed milky-white leukonychia, without subungual hyperkeratosis a nd onycholysis. Neither patient, both of whom had been taking low dosa ges of systemic steroids for several years, had ever been out of italy nor had had any contact with African immigrants.