Double mycotic skin infection in a miner

Faninger, A.; Kranjcić-Todorović, M.; Milosavljević, R.

Medicinski Pregled 26(5): 161-162

1973


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8105
PMID: 4273351
Document Number: 69620
The case is reported of a miner with Trichophyton quinckeanum and Candida albicans skin infection. T. quinckeanum and T. mentagrophytes were isolated from soil at a depth of 520 m in the mine, but not C. albicans. Rodents are considered a possible reservoir of dermatophytes in mines.

Document emailed within 1 workday
Secure & encrypted payments