Extensive tinea corporis caused by Microsporum canis in a patient with AIDS
Parasitology-Mycology laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed VI Hospital Center, Marrakech, Morocco.
Case Study
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 11(01), 129–131.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscarr.2022.11.1.0106
Publication history:
Received on 07 March 2022; revised on 11 April 2022; accepted on 13 April 2022
Abstract:
Dermatophytosis in immunocompromised hosts is more varied and often more severe than in immunocompetent hosts. Early recognition and treatment with systemic therapy are important to people living with human immunodeficiency virus in order to prevent severe infection. We describe a case of disseminated extensive tinea corporis caused by Microsporum canis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, which has long been misdiagnosed, and we emphasize the importance of conventional mycological examination that enables a fast, correct diagnosis, and thus better medical care.
Keywords:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Atypical; Extensive; Microsporum canis; Tinea corporis
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