Exacerbated inflammatory reaction to Trichophyton rubrum infection on an HIV-positive patient successfully treated with fluconazole.
A 33 year-old HIV-positive Brazilian female patient was diagnosed with a cutaneous inflammatory reaction on her left forearm. The lesion spread rapidly affecting most of her forearm. The clinical diagnosis of tinea corporis (ringworm) was confirmed by wet mount preparations on 20% KOH and by the isolation of Trichophyton rubrum on pure cultures. Treatment with Fluconazole for a period of four weeks successfully cured the infection.
Vilela
Raquel
R
Graduate Program da Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Green River Valley University UNINCOR, Itabira, MG, Brazil.
de Oliveira Teixeira
Felipp
F
Vilela
Luiza
L
Mendoza
Leonel
L
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014005:Tinea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole