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Widespread tinea corporis in an immunocompetent patient resistant to all conventional forms of treatment.

Carmela C. Vittorio

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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.

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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

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