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Exacerbated inflammatory reaction to Trichophyton rubrum infection on an HIV-positive patient successfully treated with fluconazole.

Vilela R, de Oliveira Teixeira F, Vilela L, Mendoza L

Graduate Program da Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Green River Valley University "UNINCOR", Itabira, MG, Brazil.

A 33 year-old HIV-positive Brazilian female patient was diagnosed with a cutaneous inflammatory reaction on her left forearm. The lesion spread rapidly affecting most of her forearm. The clinical diagnosis of tinea corporis (ringworm) was confirmed by wet mount preparations on 20% KOH and by the isolation of Trichophyton rubrum on pure cultures. Treatment with Fluconazole for a period of four weeks successfully cured the infection.

Published 17 April 2007 in Mycopathologia, 163(4): 203-5.
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