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First case of Microsporum ferrugineum from Iran.

Mahmoudabadi AZ

Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran. zarei40@hotmail.com

This is a first case of Microsporum ferrugineum from Iranian patient. A 42 year old man was examined for tinea faciei infection. Direct KOH preparations from skin scraping revealed hyaline septate branching mycelium. Cultures of skin scrapings yielded M. ferrugineum after three weeks. Isolate was identified based on colony morphology on Sabouraud's dextrose agar medium (S), microscopic morphology of slide culture, and biochemical reactions.

Published 1 May 2006 in Mycopathologia, 161(5): 337-9.
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