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Superficial Mycoses

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Dermatophyte infections are superficial fungal infections of the hair, nails, and typically the stratum corneum of the skin. Causative organisms include fungi in the Trichophyton, Micros porum, or Epidermophyton groups. The dermatophytes typically do not invade living tissue. Subcutaneous and systemic involvements are rare. However, in immunosuppressed patients, such as transplant patients, patients on chemotherapy or other immuno suppressive medications, or patients with compromised immunity due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, these fungi can become invasive. Trichophyton rubrum is the most common dermatophyte isolated.

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  1. New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    Marc E. Grossman M.D. (Professor of Clinical Dermatology College of Physicians and Surgeons Director, Hospital Consultation Service)

  2. University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Lindy P. Fox M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology Director, Hospital Consultation Service)

  3. Dermatopathology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Carrie Kovarik M.D. (Assistant Professor of Dermatology)

  4. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Misha Rosenbach M.D. (Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Internal Medicine Director, Dermatology Inpatient Consult Service)

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Grossman, M.E., Fox, L.P., Kovarik, C., Rosenbach, M. (2012). Superficial Mycoses. In: Cutaneous Manifestations of Infection in the Immunocompromised Host. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1578-8_3

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