title: Cultural evidence for a bullous type of tinea pedis.
abstract: Maceration, hyperkeratosis and vesicles are well known as typical clinical correlates of dermatophyte infection of the feet. It seems, however, still to be controversial whether bullae also belong to the clinical spectrum. In a 48-year-old female Trichophyton rubrum could be cultured from the fluid obtained by aspiration of an interdigital bulla. In another case Trichophyton mentagrophytes could be isolated from the interdigital space but not from a bulla found on the sole, microscopic investigation, however, being positive. This emphasizes the hypothesis that blisters found on the foot can be due to dermatophytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Korting
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zienicke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000382:microbiology*; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000382:microbiology*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*