title: [Trichophyton tonsurans associated with non-albicans Candida species in hands onychomycosis about a Moroccan case].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Trichophyton tonsurans is an anthropophilic dermatophyte, frequent in the USA and in Asia where it is responsible for causing tinea capitis. At present, we attend an emergence of this species in certain regions where it was not or little met. Here, we report a case of onychomycosis of the hand due to T. tonsurans associated with non-albicans Candida species at an adult woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient is a 62-year-old woman, with hypertension and diabetes. She reports the rather frequent use of chemical cleaners for the housework. She presented one year previously a distal onycholysis of the last four fingers of the left hand. The clinical examination objectified a presence of intertrigo in the second interdigital space. The mycological examination showed at the direct examination mycelial elements and the culture allowed the isolation of T. tonsurans associated with non-albicans Candida species.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our observation highlights especially the identification of a species, which has been described only once in Morocco about a case with onychomycosis of the feet. A possible emergence of this species in our country is not far from being possible.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital militaire Moulay Ismaïl, boulevard Mohamed, El Hansali, Meknès 50000, Maroc. Electronic address: sarakouara7@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kouara
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital militaire Moulay Ismaïl, boulevard Mohamed, El Hansali, Meknès 50000, Maroc.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ait Hlilou
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital militaire Moulay Ismaïl, boulevard Mohamed, El Hansali, Meknès 50000, Maroc.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbadi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital militaire Moulay Ismaïl, boulevard Mohamed, El Hansali, Meknès 50000, Maroc.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khalki
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital militaire Moulay Ismaïl, boulevard Mohamed, El Hansali, Meknès 50000, Maroc.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benbella
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital militaire Moulay Ismaïl, boulevard Mohamed, El Hansali, Meknès 50000, Maroc.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lahmadi
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital militaire Moulay Ismaïl, boulevard Mohamed, El Hansali, Meknès 50000, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Er-Rami
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002179:Candidiasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007402:Intertrigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014005:Tinea / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification
keywords: Candida non albicans; Dermatophyte; Maroc; Morocco; Non-albicans Candida species; Onychomycose; Onychomycosis; Trichophyton tonsurans