Two cases of tinea corporis by infection from a rabbit with Arthroderma benhamiae.
The first cases of tinea corporis with Arthroderma benhamiae in Japan are reported. A 7-year-old girl and a 30-year-old mother in Shimane prefecture suffered from dermatophyte infections on the neck, shoulder, arms and leg. Three isolates from the two patients and a rabbit by which they supposedly were infected, were identified as Trichophyton mentagrophytes. On the bases of mating tests using the tester strains of both the African race and the Americano-European race of A. benhamiae, they were identified as A. benhamiae African race mating type (-). Our results are the first to indicate that both races of A. benhamiae exist in Japan.
Kawasaki
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Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa 920-0293.
Aso
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Inoue
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Ohsawa
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Ishioka
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Mochizuki
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Ishizaki
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002648:Child; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011817:Rabbits; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*