title: Generalized skin reaction following tinea pedis (dermatophytids).
abstract: An 11-year-old boy presented with inflamed tinea pedis followed by a generalized id type skin eruption, with disappearance of the rash after treatment of the mycotic foot lesions. The pathogenesis of this process is not precisely known. Fungal infection was not detected from the generalized skin lesions. Various clinical forms of dermatophytid reaction are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Pathology, University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: España
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Idoate
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quintanilla
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*