title: Microsporum fulvum, an ignored pathogenic dermatophyte: a new clinical isolation from Iran.
abstract: Misidentifying with Microsporum gypseum has for a long time been accounted for less prevalence of the geophilic species, Microsporum fulvum in human dermatophytosis. We describe a new case of infection with the species in an Iranian young man. Direct examination of skin scrapings revealed a tinea corporis, and morphological study of the recovered isolate from the culture resulted in the identification of M. gypseum. However, PCR amplification of ITS1-5.8S rDNA-ITS2 region and subsequent ITS-RFLP and sequencing were indicative of M. fulvum as the true causative agent. To recognize M. fulvum in human infections and to validate the morphologically distinguished isolates of M. gypseum, the genetic-based identification is strongly recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Sadegh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nouripour-Sisakht
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rezaei-Matehkolaei
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abastabar
authors.forename: Mohammad Javad
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Najafzadeh
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Bahram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hosseinpour
mesh_terms: D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008853:Microscopy; D008864:Microsporum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S