Pustular tinea pedis.
Pustules are uncommon in tinea pedis and may suggest a bacterial infection. We describe a patient with large pustules on his feet that contained hyphae on Gram's stain of the pus and on a potassium hydroxide preparation of the pustule roof. Cultures were negative for bacteria, but grew Trichophyton rubrum.
Hirschmann
J V
JV
Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seatle, WA 98108, USA.
Raugi
G J
GJ
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014008:Tinea Pedis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*