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Case Reports
. 2023 Nov;33(4):101432.
doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2023.101432. Epub 2023 Sep 1.

Autochthonous case of Trichophyton indotineae in Kuwait

Yousef Dashti  1 , Khaled Alobaid  2 , Shahad Al-Rashidi  1 , Maryam Dashti  1 , Moustafa Hussain AbdulMoneim  1 , Manar Al-Enezi  1 , Nissrine Abou-Chakra  3 , Karin Meinike Jørgensen  3
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Autochthonous case of Trichophyton indotineae in Kuwait

Yousef Dashti et al. J Mycol Med. 2023 Nov.

Abstract

Trichophyton indotineae is an emerging dermatophyte that has remarkable impact on public health worldwide. In addition to producing severe extensive skin lesions, this species is frequently resistant to terbinafine, used as a first line agent. As a result, the infection is often refractory, making treatment very challenging. The current report describes the first case of Trichophyton indotineae infection in Kuwait. The infected woman had no recent travel history. She failed to respond to several courses of antifungals, but finally responded to voriconazole. The report suggests that T. indotineae is under recognised, hence, active surveillance of dermatophytes is warranted.

Keywords: Antifungal; Dermatophytes; EUCAST; Resistant; Susceptibility testing.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Khaled Alobaid reports was provided by Mycology reference laboratory, Ministry of health.

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