Korean J Med Mycol.
2004 Jun;9(2):123-127.
Trichophyton tonsurans Infection in a Judoist Girl and Her Mother
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Abstract
- Since Trichophyton (T.) tonsurans was isolated from a middle school wrestler in 1995, its infection has been raging among amateur wrestlers and judoists as trichophytosis gladiatorum. We describe herein two cases of T. tonsurans infection in a 16-year-old judoist girl and her 51-year-old mother, because they might mean the first step of the spread of this particular organism from its large reservoir to the general population.
