HUMAN ONYCHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY TRICHOPHYTON EQUINUM TRANSMITTED FROM ARACEHORSE

Authors
HUOVINEN S TUNNELA E HUOVINEN P KUIJPERS APA SUHONEN R
Citation
S. Huovinen et al., HUMAN ONYCHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY TRICHOPHYTON EQUINUM TRANSMITTED FROM ARACEHORSE, British journal of dermatology, 138(6), 1998, pp. 1082-1084
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
138
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1082 - 1084
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1998)138:6<1082:HOCBTE>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report fingernail onychomycosis caused by Trichophyton equinum in a farmer who breeds racehorses, In addition to the thumbnail, T. equinu m had infected one of the racehorses. Oral terbinafine cured the infec tion in the farmer.