title: Human onychomycosis caused by Trichophyton equinum transmitted from a racehorse.
abstract: We report fingernail onychomycosis caused by Trichophyton equinum in a farmer who breeds racehorses. In addition to the thumbnail, T. equinum had infected one of the racehorses. Oral terbinafine cured the infection in the farmer.
authors.affiliation: Medical Mycology Laboratory Sieni-Pulssi, Medical Center Pulssi, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huovinen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tunnela
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huovinen
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kuijpers
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suhonen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D000077291:Terbinafine; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D000077291:Terbinafine