[Diagnostic image (268). A man with 'pyodermia' in the beard area].
A 61-year-old man developed tinea barbae (kerion barbae) caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes varietas interdigitale following prolonged intensive care treatment for septic shock and meningitis. Whenever a suppurative folliculitis develops, fungal infection is a possible cause.
Zupan-Kajcovski
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Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Dermatologie, Postbus 22.660, 1100 DD Amsterdam. bzupan@xs4all.nl
Boersma
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D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D000935:Antifungal Agents