Clinical and mycological features of dermatophytosis in renal transplant recipients.
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.
Department of Dermatology, Madras Medical College, India.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015995:Prevalence; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification