Microsporum nanum. A fourth report of human infection in Brazil
de Camargo, R.M.; Silvares, M.R.; Carvalho, C.R.; Dillon, N.L.; Marques, S.A.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 34(6): 581-585
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-4665 PMID: 1342128 Document Number: 391860
The authors present the fourth Brazilian case of human Microsporum nanum (M. nanum) infection. A child of nine months old presents cutaneous dorsal lesions compatible with tinea corporis, which appeared one month before. The culture revealed M. nanum. The lesions resolved spontaneously after a month. Epidemiologic investigation in the patient's place of origin identified swine infected by M. nanum, indicating the probable source of the infection.