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.
Keywords
Trichophyton tonsurans Judoist girl and mother
KJMM
2004 June;9(2):123-127(5). Epub 2016 February 20
Copyright © 2004 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
Language
Korean/English
Author
Jae Bok Jun; Department of Dermatology, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Hyun Chung; Department of Dermatology, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Corresponding
Jae Bok Jun, Department of Dermatology, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. Tel: (053) 650-4167, Fax: (053) 650-4891, e-mail: admin@tcmcch.co.kr
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Jae Bok Jun
Department of Dermatology, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
Hyun Chung
Department of Dermatology, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea