Clinical and mycological features of dermatophytosis in renal transplant recipients.

Abstract

Dermatophytosis was detected in 42% of 100 renal transplant recipients screened, of whom 17% had the infection for more than 1 year. Tinea cruris and tinea corporis were the common clinical types observed. Tinea unguium presented as proximal subungual white onychomycosis (PSWO) in 3% of patients. The lesions in the majority were non-inflammatory, scaly and without central clearance. The commonest isolate was Trichophyton rubrum.

• Authors: G Sentamil Selvi, A Kamalam, K Ajithados, C Janaki, A S Thambiah
• Journal: Mycoses (Mycoses) Vol. 42 Issue 1-2 Pg. 75-8 (Apr 1999) ISSN: 0933-7407 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 10394853 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Dermatomycoses (epidemiology, microbiology, pathology)
• Humans
• Kidney Transplantation
• Postoperative Complications
• Prevalence
• Trichophyton (isolation & purification)