Atopic dermatitis associated with dermatophyte infection and Trichophyton hypersensitivity
Wilson, B.B.; Deuell, B.; Mills, T.A.
Cutis 51(3): 191-192
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 8444052 Document Number: 412822
An atopic patient with tinea unguium, immediate hypersensitivity to Trichophyton, and elevated specific IgE antibody to Trichophyton had recalcitrant hand and foot eczema that resolved following the administration of systemic antifungal therapy for her tinea unguium. The patient fulfills criteria for the atopic-chronic-dermatophytosis syndrome described by Jones. The authors suggest that the patient's atopic dermatitis may have been exacerbated by her chronic dermatophyte infection and Trichophyton hypersensitivity.