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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 1999, p. 258-260, Vol. 37, No. 1
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Case of Onychomycosis Caused by Microsporum racemosum

Pedro García-Martos,1 Josepa Gené,2,* María Solé,2 José Mira,1 Ricardo Ruíz-Henestrosa,3 and Josep Guarro2

Servicio de Microbiología1 and Servicio de Dermatología,3 Hospital Universitario "Puerta del Mar," 11009 Cádiz, and Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, 43201 Reus,2 Spain

Received 26 August 1998/Returned for modification 17 September 1998/Accepted 5 October 1998

We report the case of a Spanish 60-year-old female who presented in 1997 with onychomycosis of the left thumbnail following an injury caused by a fresh fish bone. Microsporum racemosum was repeatedly cultured from nail scrapings, and its identity was confirmed by sequencing the isolate's ITS1/ITS2 and 5.8S rRNA regions. The patient was successfully treated with itraconazole, which was administered for 12 weeks. This represents the first case of onychomycosis due to M. racemosum and the first time that this species has been isolated from a human in Europe.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carrer Sant Llorenç 21, 43201-Reus, Tarragona, Spain. Phone: 34 977 75 93 59. Fax: 34 977 75 93 22. E-mail: umb{at}fmcs.urv.es.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 1999, p. 258-260, Vol. 37, No. 1
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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