Widespread tinea corporis in an immunocompetent patient resistant to all conventional forms of treatment.
Carmela C. Vittorio
Abstract
Carmela C. Vittorio
Abstract
A 70-year-old immunocompetent man with a more than forty-year history of tinea corporis unresponsive to multiple systemic and topical antifungal agents, including systemic terbinafine, is described. The literature with respect to persistent dermatophyte infection is reviewed.
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A 70-year-old immunocompetent man with a more than forty-year history of tinea corporis unresponsive to multiple systemic and topical antifungal agents, including systemic terbinafine, is described. The literature with respect to persistent dermatophyte infection is reviewed.
Key concepts: Tinea capitis, Medicine, Terbinafine, Dermatophyte, Dermatology, Antifungal, Mycosis, Itraconazole